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- Augmented reality system to assist inexperienced pool playersPublication . Figueiredo, Mauro; Gomes, Cristina; Gomes, José; Lopes, JoãoCombining mobile technologies with Augmented Reality (AR) has recently enabled the ubiquity of AR technologies in our everyday life. Many schools are implementing 1:1 iPad or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs and in this way smartphones and tablets are being increasingly used by students to improve learning. There are many augmented reality (AR) applications available that can be used to create educational contents for these mobile devices. This paper surveys the most popular augmented reality applications and we select AR eco-systems to be used in daily teaching activities which are user friendly, do not require programming skills and are free. Different augmented reality technologies are explored in this paper to create teaching activities with animations, 3D models and other information to be shown on top of interactive documents. It is presented the creation of a novel augmented reality book that was developed with teachers and students. Several examples are also presented that are used in educational activities, from kindergarten to elementary and secondary schools, to improve reading, comprehension and learning of music. It is also presented the application of augmented reality to help students of the first year of mechanical engineering to better understand the drawing of orthographic views. These examples illustrate several approaches that were presented to students of Science Education at the Algarve University that will be future teachers.
- Creating learning activities using augmented reality toolsPublication . Figueiredo, Mauro; Gomes, José; Gomes, CristinaThere is an increasing number of students usingsmartphones and tablets in schools. Mobile devices gained pop-ularity as an educational tool and there are many schools thatused them frequently in educational activities to improve learning.There are many augmented reality (AR) applications availablethat can be used to create educational contents for these mobiledevices. This paper surveys the most popular augmented realityapplications. Our goal is to select AR eco-systems, for educationalpurposes, that are user friendly, that do not require programmingskills and are free, so that they can be used in daily teachingactivities. We also present teaching activities created with thesetools that use different augmented reality technologies for creatinganimations, 3D models and other information to be shown ontop of interactive documents. The examples presented are used ineducational activities in kindergarten and to improve the learningof music and orthographic views in elementary and secondaryschools.
- Musical peddy-paper: a collaborative learning activity suported by augmented realityPublication . Gomes, José; Figueiredo, Mauro; Gomes, Cristina; Amante, LúciaGaming activities are an integral part of the human learning process, in particular for children. Game-based learning focuses on motivation and children's engagement towards learning. Educational game-based activities are becoming effective strategies to enhance the learning process. This paper presents an educational activity focusing to merge mobile computing devices and Augmented Reality, as a means to engage student in collaborative learning towards the Aesthetical Periods of Music History. The Musical Peddy-paper proposes student to use their mobile computing devices (smartphones/ tablets) to find eight stations scattered in a set location, and then use their music literacy skills to find the correct answer in each station. Collaborative work is required to find the stations and the answers to the clues. The musical Peddy-paper was developed mixing Geo-location and Augmented Reality concepts. Geo-location Points of Interest (POI’s) where set through Hoppala platform. Augmented Reality browsing and QRCode reading is supported by the LAYAR platform. In this paper, we introduce the concept of game-based activities as a tool to promote motivation and engagement towards learning, and fully explain the development process of the activity. We conclude this paper presenting the conclusions contemplating the use of this activity among a group of children from the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education in Basic School Maria Manuela de Sá, Matosinhos – Portugal.
- Augmented reality tools and learning practice in mobile-learningPublication . Figueiredo, Mauro; Gomes, José; Gomes, Cristina; Lopes, JoãoThere are many augmented reality (AR) applications available that can be used to create educational contents for these mobile devices. This paper surveys the most popular augmented reality applications and we select AR eco-systems to be used in daily teaching activities which are user friendly, do not require programming skills and are free. Different augmented reality technologies are explored in this paper to create teaching activities with animations, videos and other information to be shown on top of interactive documents. It is presented the creation of a novel augmented reality book that was developed with teachers and students. Several examples are also presented that are used in educational activities, from kindergarten to elementary and secondary schools, to improve reading, comprehension and learning of music.