Paper presented at EdSig Conference, Austin, Nov 2017 - <a href="http://proc.iscap.info/2017/pdf/4335.pdf">Paper</a>

1. Enhancing and Transforming
Global Learning Communities
with Augmented Reality
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3. Augmented reality
in education
Provide collaborative learning
experiences
AR applications are user-friendly,
open-access, and can be used by
teachers to create daily teaching
activities
by creating interactive books,
enhancing static classroom materials
with dynamic content, and providing
interactive training for science and
engineering concepts

4. Augmented
reality in
education
AR uses in higher education are related
to science (40.6%), followed by
humanities and arts (21.9%),
engineering (15.6%), and social
sciences (12.5%) (study between 2010-
2014)
J. Bacca, S. Baldiris, R. Fabregat, S. Graf
and Kinshuk, "Augmented Reality
Trends in Education: A Systematic
Review of Research and Applications,"
Educational Technology and Society,
vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 133-149, 2014.

5. TalkTech Project
www.talktechproject.net
Intro to Information
Technology
45 students per year (37 in
2016)
Spoke English
Frequently use the web,
computers, and mobile
devices
Age 19-20
Multimedia Technologies
50 students per year (70 in
2016)
Spoke English
Frequently use the web,
computers, and mobile
devices
Age 21-23

6. Project Guidelines

7. Project
Based
Learning
Approach
AR concepts to business and technology
education
Introduce
AR artifacts related to a particular industryCreate
research about applications of AR and VRSynthesize
technology skillsApply
as members of international teamsWork

8. TalkTech Topics
Explore uses of AR / VR in one of these
industries.
Create your own AR artifact to present
to your international partners. Create a
video demo.
Research an application of VR in your
chosen industry and summarize your
findings.
Use ThingLink as a presentation
platform.
Advertising /
Promotion
Architecture
/ Interior
design
Education /
Training
Fashion Gaming Health care
Mapping Museums Sports
Travel/
Tourism

9. The SAMR
Framework
(Puentedura,
2006)

10. Research Questions
What educational enhancements can the
process of creating original AR artifacts bring to
students?
How will creating original artifacts about AR
applications develop their digital skills?
How does the TalkTech project implement the
principles of the SAMR framework?
Can learning projects based on the SAMR
framework enhance and transform Information
Systems education?

11. Prior Technology Use
2. Google+
3. Google Drive
4. ThingLink
5. Vine
6. Any AR/VR apps
American students
Romanian students

12. ThingLink
Communication Tools
Capturing and altering multimedia
created with mobile devices
Authoring Augmented Reality Artifacts
TalkTech Through the Lens of SAMR

13. Substitution: Thing Link instead of a report
https://goo.gl/UTGddI

14. Live online
Augmentation: Communication Tools

15. Communication Tools Used
1 – Skype (audio/video
conferencing)
2 – Google+ Hangouts
3- Facebook Messenger
4- Email
5 – Facebook or Twitter
6- Online document sharing

16. Communication Challenges

17. Modification and Redefinition:
Creating and Reusing Multimedia in AR
Artifacts

18. Tourism

19. Advertising

20. Travel

21. Example

22. Blippar Code:
388291

23. Zach’s Public Auras Aurasma
https://goo.gl/fHSPMy

24. Creating a Global Learning Community

25. Attitude Toward Technologies Used
1. Mobile phone / smartphone
2. SMS – text messaging
3. Search engines (such as Google)
4. Online/mobile chat (Yahoo, MSN, Google chat,
others)
5. VoIP (Skype, Hangouts, Viber, etc.)
6. Mobile chat (WhatsApp, Viber)
7. Online video (YouTube, etc.)
8. Online photo sharing (Flickr, Picassa, etc.)
9. Online games
10. Blogs
11. Wikipedia
12. Facebook
13. Twitter
14. Collaborative Writing (Google Docs /Drive,
Microsoft Office Online, etc.)
15. Vine
16. Augmented reality

26. Tools Promoting Creativity
1. Facebook
2. Vine
3. Periscope
4. YouTube
5. ThingLink
6. Skype
7. Pixton
8. AR apps

27. Student Reflections on Creating AR

28. Word Cloud

29. Assessment Rubric
INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT
Text Annotation (short essay on the use of AR/VR in the
student's chosen industry)
 Is the information correct and relevant?
 Do you share anything insightful?
 Does the image illustrate or enhance the text?
10
Vine Video
 Does the Vine video demonstrate some aspect of
AR/VR in your chosen industry? Is it clever?
5
Participation
 Is there evidence of your participation throughout
the process through chat transcripts, posts to
VICADIS, etc.?
5
Total Individual Score 25
GROUP ASSESSMENT
Augmented Reality Artifact (one by American students,
one by Romanian students)
 Does it work? Is it effective?
 Is your augmented reality artifact appropriate for
your topic?
10
Demonstration Video (each team presents their AR to
their international partners)
 Quality of Presentation from Presenters
 Quality of Participation from International Partners
 Is there evidence of collaboration? (Is everyone
participating in the video?
10
Group Process
 Did your group document your process by posting
snippets of your work together (chat logs, call
recordings, screenshots) throughout the project?
5
Total Group Score 25

30. Thank You
Mark Frydenberg
Senior Lecturer
mfrydenberg@bentley.edu
@checkmark
Dr. Diana Andone
Director, e-Learning Center,
diana.andone@cm.upt.ro
@diando70