The future of Augmented Reality (or AR) in education is not just to keep students up to speed with Canada’s growing economy but it is vital in order to nurture the learning curriculum with modern technologies
AR can make educational environments more productive, pleasurable and interactive (Lee, 2012). It not only has the power to engage a learner in a variety of interactive ways that have never been possible, but also can provide each student with rich content from computer generated three dimensional environments and models (Lee, 2012). |
Above: One of Eon Reality's AR apps in development.
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AR can also improve the extent and quality of information in educational settings by making the environment more productive. It has the potential to promote the efficiency of education by providing information at the right time and right place as well as offering rich content using 3D imagery (Lee, 2012). In the near future, AR will make our entire learning environment look technologically augmented (Bitter & Corral, 2014).
Examples
This video demonstrates the applicability of augmented reality to change the way we learn and study. In the near future our ability to perceive and augment the reality in which we live and learn will expand dramatically.
Augmented Reality can be a great tool in education. Students can use modern gadgets to get a better understanding of the way things work and to make learning much more interesting.
Discussion:We've looked at some current trends with AR and some of the proposed values to Education. What ways, either currently available or on your 'wish list', can you see AR playing a role in your classroom/workplace? Continue the discussion on Twitter with the hashtag #ARprojq2
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Sources:
- Bitter, G., Corral, A. (2014). The pedagogical potential of augmented reality apps. International Journal of Engineering Science Invention, 3(10), 13-17. Retrieved from http://www.ijesi.org/papers/Vol(3)10/C031013017.pdf.
- Devar. (2016, April, 20 ). School of the future: augmented reality for education [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1-MgC_eSQ.
- Lee. K. (2012). Augmented reality in education and training. Tech Trends, 56(2),13-21. doi:10.1007/s11528-012-0559-3.
- Voicu, S. (2009, June, 9). Augmented reality - the future of education [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xF8ujj7ko.
Contributed by Alyssa Brissett