Learning Languages with Livemocha. Immersive Learning Experiences through Augmented Reality. Author: Judy Bloxham - Jisc RSC Northwest; Allen Crawford-Thomas - Jisc RSC West Midlands; Stephen Wileman - South Staffordshire College What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality overlays the digital world over the physical world - thus ‘augmenting’ the real world experience. Today examples of AR use can be seen in museums where AR is used to bring objects to life or as wearable technology such as the Google Glass project. AR is not a new concept, in fact, it has been around since the 1990’s. AR and Pedagogy So how does AR relate to learning and what are the pedagogical arguments? Placing learning into the context to which it is relevant, relates to the concept of situated learning (Johnson, L. et al, 2011).
Smart devices and their ever-ready ability makes them ideal tools to harness and present learning content via AR; bringing together cloud computing, ubiquitous computing, connectivity and personal, smart devices through “cyberinfrastructure mediation” (Pea, 2005). Counter Arguments. Digital learning. Learning. Delicious. Coursera. 37 – Adobe Captivate. EmailShare 0EmailShare Captivate from Adobe is authoring software for rapid creation and maintainance of interactive eLearning content. It lets you create powerful simulations, software demonstrations, and scenario-based training without programming knowledge or multimedia skills.
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