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Implementing Augmented Reality In The Classroom, Douglas R. Miller, Tonia A. Dousay Dec 2014

Implementing Augmented Reality In The Classroom, Douglas R. Miller, Tonia A. Dousay

Tonia A. Dousay

Augmented reality (AR) is a tool that holds much promise in terms of its application for educational purposes. However, despite the fact that the hardware needed to access AR is becoming ubiquitous in classroom environments, AR’s use in educational settings is diffusing at a slow pace. Several challenges are present for educators interested in adopting AR in their instructional environments but they are not insurmountable. Increasing hardware availability as well as software advances are affording more instructors access to the tools needed to design, develop, and implement AR in and around their classroom. This paper first identifies a conceptual definition …

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Uncoupling Mobility And Learning: When One Does Not Guarantee The Other, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban Feb 2013

Uncoupling Mobility And Learning: When One Does Not Guarantee The Other, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban

Ron Kordyban

Mobile learning was an embedded component of the pedagogical design of an undergraduate course, Digital media and society. In the final semester of 2010 and the first semester of 2011, 135 students participated in an empirical study inquiring into their perceptual experience of mobile learning. To control for access to technology, an optional iPad student loan scheme was used. The iPads were loaded with an electronic textbook and a mobile application of the learning moderation system. Eighty students participated in ten-person focus groups. Feedback on mobility and the electronic text was positive and optimistic. However, the majority of students were …

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