Scaffolding Augmented Reality Inquiry Learning: The Design and Investigation of the "TraceReaders" Location-Based, Augmented Reality Platform

Autor/inn/en	Kyza, Eleni A.; Georgiou, Yiannis
Titel	Scaffolding Augmented Reality Inquiry Learning: The Design and Investigation of the "TraceReaders" Location-Based, Augmented Reality Platform
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 27 (2019) 2, S.211-225 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kyza, Eleni A.) ORCID (Georgiou, Yiannis)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
DOI	10.1080/10494820.2018.1458039
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Simulated Environment; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Inquiry; Active Learning; Computer Uses in Education; Informal Education; Elementary School Students; High School Students; History Instruction; Archaeology; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Künstliche Umwelt; Aktives Lernen; Computernutzung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Archäologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Zypern
Abstract	While learning can happen anywhere and everywhere, most educational practices in K-12 are confined within the walls of a classroom and the school; such practices narrowly define learning and exclude the opportunities that an expanded and digitally mediated definition of learning can offer. Augmented reality (AR) technologies offer exciting new opportunities for supporting ubiquitous learning, by superimposing layers of digital information on the real world. The digital augmentation can provide enriched learning experiences, through situating the learning content in authentic contexts and fostering inquiry-based learning. Nonetheless, learning can often be sidestepped as the use of AR technologies becomes a mere fun activity, akin to a treasure hunt. Such challenges indicate the need to provide scaffolded AR environments to support deep learning. These ideas are reflected in the design of the "TraceReaders," a platform for enabling location-based mobile learning using augmented reality (AR) technologies. "TraceReaders" supports the authoring of inquiry-based AR apps, to engage students in evidence-driven reflective inquiry in situ. This paper first describes the theoretical commitments which guided the development of the "TraceReaders" platform, followed by a description of its design rationale. Two case studies of informal inquiry learning using "TraceReaders" are then presented: the first one reports on the use of the "Young Archaeologists" "TraceReaders" app to support primary school students' historical reasoning, while the second one reports on the "Mystery at the Lake" app to support high school students' environmental science inquiry. These cases offer the opportunity to discuss the affordances and challenges in using such a scaffolded tool to support location-based AR learning in situ. The discussion concludes with lessons learned from empirical studies about the design and effectiveness of tools like the "TraceReaders" platform and future steps. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01