{"id":253,"date":"2026-03-17T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/?p=253"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:27:54","slug":"designing-a-cultural-heritage-app-using-augmented-reality-education-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/designing-a-cultural-heritage-app-using-augmented-reality-education-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a Cultural Heritage App Using Augmented Reality Education Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Question:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0How can augmented reality\u00a0facilitate\u00a0the critical digital pedagogical design of a cultural heritage mobile learning educational application (app)?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Abstract:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Enshrined within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is recognition of the right to cultural expression and preservation of tradition.\u202fWhereby, as\u00a0stated\u00a0explicitly in the UDHR, \u201cEveryone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancements and its benefits\u201d (United Nations 1948).\u00a0Working within\u00a0the UDHR\u00a0rights-based\u00a0approach\u00a0and its application to\u00a0the digitalisation of cultural heritage, this research explores\u00a0augmented reality (AR),\u00a0Critical Digital Pedagogy (CDP)\u00a0and\u00a0education technology (EdTech).\u00a0CDP refers to a resolutely crucial engagement with the extent to which digital learning technologies can be used to challenge endemic inequality\u00a0through a focus on equality, diversity and inclusion in their manufacture, distribution and utilisation in classroom teaching and learning practice. Augmented reality is a deeply contentious resource when viewed from the perspective of CDP and this is largely because of the prevalence of enterprises from the Global North selling to the Global South,\u00a0prefabricated augmented reality packages mirroring the commodity-form of the capitalist mode of production along with its\u00a0unrelenting\u00a0surplus value extraction and inequalities of capital\u00a0over labour.\u00a0It is in this respect\u00a0and context\u00a0that\u00a0augmented\u00a0reality is explored as an EdTech resource for the teaching and learning of\u00a0the\u00a0digitalisation of cultural heritage. Existing limitations in the EdTech use of\u00a0augmented reality\u00a0are\u00a0identified,\u00a0explored\u00a0and challenged.\u00a0The scope and scale of the advantages of AR-based EdTech are considered in respect to its \u2018facilitating\u2019 role in the\u00a0transforming\u00a0of\u00a0physical\u00a0and\u00a0analogue culture into a mobile learning resource delivered through a cultural heritage digital application (app).\u00a0In order to\u00a0explore\u00a0the\u00a0national and international significance\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0local situational context of augmented reality and classroom practice, the logic that informs the research\u2019s selection and use of methods is\u00a0guided\u00a0by the\u00a0<\/span>Sociological Imagination<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Mills 1959).\u00a0\u00a0Using the\u00a0methodology\u00a0of \u2018sociological imagination\u2019 (Mills 1959), workshop-as-method is deployed in two Afro-British community heritage\u00a0centres. Augmented reality provides\u00a0the basis and theme for the workshop-as-method\u00a0activity. Empirical data derived from these practice-based events is directed at exploring\u00a0the extent to which\u00a0augmented\u00a0reality can facilitate the\u00a0CDP\u00a0collaborative learning and teaching practice of creating a cultural heritage app.\u00a0Implications of\u00a0the\u00a0empirical findings are outlined and examined\u00a0in terms of classroom practice and also the extent to which the research data can assist community heritage centres in their transition from physical spaces of cultural belonging to\u00a0hybrid\u00a0digital spaces\u00a0of\u00a0virtual community.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research Question:\u00a0How can augmented reality\u00a0facilitate\u00a0the critical digital pedagogical design of a cultural heritage mobile learning educational application (app)?\u00a0 \u00a0 Abstract:\u00a0Enshrined within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is recognition of the right to cultural expression and preservation of tradition.\u202fWhereby, as\u00a0stated\u00a0explicitly in the UDHR, \u201cEveryone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/H890Conference\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}