Blog # 8 Principles of Learning and Augmented Reality

Where do you see AR in future classrooms?

I first contacted AR many years ago when I went shopping with my mom and saw a free 3D game experience event being held in front of a store selling video game equipment. I was curious to learn about the past and learned that a technology called AR allows people to immerse themselves in the game as if they were experiencing the scenes that appear in the game. With the development of the times, there have been many different AR software in our lives, whether in teaching or daily application. One of the most familiar AR tools is Google Maps, which allows you to see the buildings, roads and environment around your location in real-time and visually. Through this week’s study, I also explored some other AR software that I think would be great to use in learning to implement new types of lessons.

The first software I found was Arloon Plants, which allows users to understand and observe every part of a plant in more detail through AR. Common plants we can observe directly, but many plants grow in environments and other factors that make it impossible for us to find them easily. Hence, it becomes a more troublesome thing when learning, but This software allows students to understand each part of a plant, its life cycle, etc., in precise detail without physical objects. The software also allows students to show the plants they are studying on the table through their cell phones to compare and record them more visually with the natural plants around them. This will be a great help to the progress of the course because students who study environment and biology will probably have the assignment of observing and recording plants. However, some wild or scarce plants are hard to find, or when the teacher wants to teach in the classroom, if there is only one plant, it will be very time-consuming for the whole class to observe and understand, but through AR software, However, with AR software, every student can easily observe and learn about plants, which saves much time while protecting plants.

Explain how AR tools may allow for new types of lessons

There is also AR software that can be very helpful for medical courses. Complete anatomy is software that can explore all parts of the human body in great detail, but the structure of the human body is very complex. If AR technology is used in teaching, it can show students the structure of the human body more effectively. The software can also simulate the human body’s pain, bone growth, fracture, etc., which ordinary models cannot reflect.

This shows that AR technology in learning can progress into a more excellent type of curriculum, and the use of AR technology in teaching will have very significant advantages compared to traditional teaching. First, AR technology can teach students in a very intuitive way because the content shown in this software is three-dimensional, more vivid and intuitive, which can be very helpful for students’ understanding and memory, such as Arloon Plants. This software visualizes and enhances cognition and understanding. Secondly, teaching through AR technology can better improve the interaction between students and teachers. The immersive experience of learning content and environment can improve learning efficiency and student participation. The boring traditional classroom allows students to learn by rote. However, when students are involved in exploration and research, their interest in learning will be effectively increased and their learning efficiency.