PROO-gress assists Technasium students in goal-setting, planning, and reflection.

Graduation project

Client Stichting Technasium
Expert Studio Tast

The challenge

The Technasium education concept is designed for secondary school students, emphasizing self-regulated learning through technical projects for clients.
However, students often struggle with reflection, planning, and goal setting, as their focus is on the projects themselves. Despite this, self-regulation remains a vital component of the Technasium approach.

Tiles & app

PROO-gress is a tool for project planning and reflection that consists of physical tiles, an AR app, and an online platform. Students use the tiles to plan project activities and reflection moments with their team, client, or teacher. They scan the tiles with the PROO-gress app to store the team's process and view their planning or activity-specific information.

Web platform

PROO-gress platform guides students through a reflective cycle, where they reflect individually or as a team and give feedback, closing the loop.
It also allows students to set goals and rate their activities for teachers to inform coaching.

Process

I conducted an extensive explorative study by interviewing 112 students and 12 teachers from various Technasium schools. The results helped me identify the problem statement for the project.

PROO-gress and its earlier iterations were tested with students and teachers to assess the effectiveness, usability, and physical and digital interactions.