Augmented reality (AR) is a new form of technology which integrates digital information with the real world. In this presentation, the potential of AR for language learning is analyzed, and apps, hands-on activities and strategies are presented.

1. Transforming Language
Learning
With Augmented Reality
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2. Presentation objectives
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Tools to create
augmented reality
Concept of
augmented reality
Ideas to use AR
in language learning
Examples of
augmented reality

3. A type of technology
that superimposes
the virtual world
onto the physical
world.
What is
augmented
reality?
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Combining digital information
with our own, real
environment.
Image from Giphy

4. Pokémon GO
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Image from Giphy
Image from International Business Times
Snapchat

5. You need:
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A smartphone or tablet
an augmented reality app
an image or marker to
scan
What do
you need
to view
Augmented
Reality?

6. What type
of content
can be
used in AR?
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Websites
Video
Audio
Images

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3D objects and
animations
Games
QR codes
What type
of content
can be
used in AR?

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Virtual Reality Augmented Reality
Image from Yantram studio

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1) Install AR Flash cards.
AR Flash cards on Google Play AR Flash cards on the App Store
Let’s try Augmented Reality

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2) Open the app and tap Get Started.
Let’s try Augmented Reality

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3) Point your device at the
animals flashcards.
Watch them come alive!

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www.arflashcards.com

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NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher
Education Edition
Johnson et al. (2016), p.40
AR’s responsive interactivity enables students to
construct broader understandings based on
interactions with virtual objects (…) bringing
learners to deeper levels of cognition as they
attain new perspectives on underlying data.

14. Types of Augmented Reality
Marker-based
The app scans a marker and generates a 3D object.
Image from Cleveroad - www.cleveroad.com
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15. Types of Augmented Reality
Location-based
The app detects your location using GPS and digital objects are added.
Image from Dribble - www.dribbble.com
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16. Types of Augmented Reality
Browser-based
Digital content is overlaid on a trigger image and viewed in the
app browser.
Image from Rogue Robot – www.roguerobot.co.uk
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17. Let’s explore more AR+
McCormick Place
1) Install Metaverse.
Metaverse on Google Play Metaverse on the App Store
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18. 2) Open the app and tap Scan code at the top.
3) Point your device at the code below. Be ready to move and
do the activities!
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19. Ideas to use
Augmented Reality
in the classroom
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Ideas to
use AR in
the
classroom
Vocabulary practice
with 3D models
Welcome messages
from staff
Guided homework

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Ideas to
use AR in
the
classroom
Procedures
Scavenger hunts
Class trips

22. Students can also create
their own AR content!
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23. When creating AR, students
develop not only language skills
but also digital skills.
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24. Students create their own AR+
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Ideas to
use AR in
the
classroom
Vocabulary walls Biographies
Book reviews Movie and game
reviews

25. Students create their own AR+
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Ideas to
use AR in
the
classroom
Interactive maps Movie and
book trailers
Interactive articles, journals and
magazines

26. AR+ created by students
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Interactive vocabulary wall
Ways of touching

27. AR+ created by students
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1) Install Layar.
Layar on Google Play Layar on the App Store

28. AR+ created by students
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2) Open the app and scan the image below:

29. Interactivity
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New ways of
presenting
content
Mobility
and
portability
Context-aware
information
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Why use
augmented
reality
in the
classroom?
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30. Active learning
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Collaboration, creativity, critical
thinking, communication,
digital skills
Learning
styles
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Simulations
and role plays
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Flipped learning,
gamification,
project-based
learning
Why use
augmented
reality
in the
classroom?

31. Tools to create
augmented reality

32. 1) Install HP Reveal
HP Reveal on Google Play HP Reveal on the App Store
Tools to create Augmented Reality

33. Tools to create Augmented Reality
2) Open the app and tap the icon at the bottom.
3) Scan the image below and find out about four AR+ tools.

34. HP Reveal (Aurasma)
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Tools to
create AR
Layar
Metaverse
Augment

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To consider...
● Individual or shared use of devices?
● Augmented reality apps available for all
operating systems?
● Good wifi and Internet connection?
● Learning objectives

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Pedagogy should always come
before technology. However,
technology opens up new
possibilities for changing our
pedagogical approaches and
transforming education.
La pedagogía necesita a la tecnología (2018, March 15)
www.educacionabierta.org

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