City University, London, 21 0ctober 2012 – #AREE2012

http://blogs.city.ac.uk/care/ar-event/

http://blogs.city.ac.uk/care/2012/11/23/ar-in-education-event/

Videos http://blogs.city.ac.uk/care/?p=238

Augmented reality in education http://blogs.city.ac.uk/care/

cARe, Creating Augmented Reality for Education

Farzana Latif, City University

Video overview of project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWdFadqjg0

Describes a public health walk around east London. When students find a marker, they can access resources about the history of the area, and a series of reflective tasks. They are encouraged to use the technology they have with them in order to tweet and take photos. In each area, you get a video with subtitles.

Issues included vandalism (markers were obscured or defaced), not everyone had appropriate devices (the app requires a video camera and a camera), GPS accuracy is not always good, personal safety.

The app is available free from the iTunes store, and requires a built-in camera