Share Paper: Creating Augmented Realities in the Context of Lessons in Secondary Schools

  1. Thomas Winkler, University of Luebeck, IMIS, Germany
  2. Alexander Ohlei, IMIS, University of Luebeck, Germany
  3. Martina Ide, KHI, Gustav-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany
  4. Michael Herczeg, IMIS, University of Luebeck, Germany
Tuesday, June 25 4:45 PM-5:15 PM Oud West

Abstract: This contribution describes the use of augmented reality in teaching contexts for secondary schools. As part of the project, Ambient Learning Spaces (ALS) a cloud-based learning system is used in combination with the mobile InfoGrid learning application. Together with other frontend applications, the software enables students at school to create complex narrative augmented reality tours that automatically adapt to the users. The InfoGrid app for mobile devices allows the execution of these tours by means of image recognition of photographic visual markers. Using a concrete teaching project as an example, we describe how InfoGrid and other applications of the learning ...