Role of Augmented Reality in Remote Education Based Applications

INTRODUCTION

Augmented Reality or AR is a technology that improves the real world by placing layers of digital elements on it. These elements include computer-generated graphics, sound, and video effects on an existing environment.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality (AR) is an interactive experience between the real world and the computer-generated content. AR can be defined as a system that integrates three basic characteristics: a combination of real and virtual words, real time interaction and accurate 3D recording of virtual and real objects. The AR is an experience which is artificial and adds to the already existing reality or real.

AR application is written in special programming language that allow the developer to integrated animation as well as digital information in the computer program. AR applications for Smartphones typically includes Global Positioning System (GPS) to locate and detect the exact location of user. 

Applications of Augmented Reality

The AR is used in many industries in the recent days. It is helpful for the users to understand about the topics easily.

Medical and Healthcare:

Healthcare is one of the most important industries using the AR technology. This technology helps medical students practice surgery in a controlled environment. Visualization helps to demonstrate the complex medical conditions to patients. Also, this can reduce the risk of surgery by improving the sensory perception of the surgeon.

Education:

The AR is used to complete a standard degree program. Texts, graphics, video, and audio can be layered on top of a student’s real-time environment. Textbooks, flashcards, and other educational reading material may contain embedded markers or triggers that, when scanned by an AR device, produced supplementary information to the student rendered in a multimedia format. Students can participate interactively with computer generated simulations of historical events, exploring and learning details of each significant area of the event site.

Engineering:

The common AR applications in engineering includes production, training, and support. The application of AR for 3D model presentation can be used in all fields of engineering where we can use virtual three-dimensional models in process of projecting. The most common AR application is used in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, architecture and for purpose in education in engineering.

Entertainment:

The AR application is most popular in the Entertainment industry. People use AR in the video, and they play more online games with social features and engage themselves in AR digital worlds. Pokémon Go is one on the popular AR video game used in the industry.

Visual Art:

AR applied in the visual art allows the objects or places to trigger artistic multi-dimensional experiences and explanations of reality. The AR in visual art in museums allows visitors to view the artwork in galleries in a multidimensional way through their phone screens.

Advantages and Disadvantages of AR

Advantages:

The advantages of AR are

• Increase user knowledge and information
• Enhanced experience
• Easy to use
• Supports business activities
• Provides rich content and improved Technology for teaching methods
• Ability to Share your experience with other people in real time over long distances

Disadvantages:

• The disadvantages of AR are
• Quite expensive to use it in everyday life
• Less accessible for small businesses
• Privacy and security problems
• Addiction on Smartphones about the latest updates.
• Regarding user experience, socially using AR may be inappropriate in some situations
• More health issues

Remote Education

Remote education is a new type of education mode in comparison with the conventional face to face education. This enables the teacher to teach students at remote sites by live broadcasting the teaching course. Also, provides the recommendations for teaching with social media, as a complement and enhancement to traditional online teaching approaches.

In remote education, students can learn at their own pace, on their own time. They have some choice about their learning and are regularly and meaningfully engaging with other students, their teacher and the subject matter are the most successful for student learning. Social media with opportunities for personal profiling, relationship-building, content creation and socializing, when integrated in a thoughtful way into an online education plan. This can help students and teachers stay connected while being apart, enhance students’ engagement and make remote education more remote/distant.

Enable impactful, real-life remote learning in the virtual classroom

In the virtual classroom, the instructor communicates live with participants connecting from anywhere in the world. In this setting:

• participants enjoy a rich, and challenging experience in a virtual learning environment
• the instructor never loses sight of their participants, not even in the breakout/discussion rooms
• meaningful interaction and high engagement are guaranteed by surveys, quizzes, improved breakout rooms, etc.

Deliver bright, flexible learning outcomes in the hybrid classroom 

In the hybrid classroom, participants join on-site and remotely. This setup enables: 

• flexible learning according to availability and preferences 
• the best of both worlds. Learners enjoy an interesting and varied experience, both online and onsite 
• seamless interaction for everyone, with learners able to participate in the same polls and use the same whiteboard

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• offer an in-person but digitally enhanced, collaborative and hyperconnected learning experience
• take advantage of interactive tools such as polls, quizzes, whiteboard, pins
• split participants for in-depth collaboration and group activities, and then share their work on the main display for class discussions

Applications for Remote Education

Choosing the right tools and learning management systems (LMS) for remote and online learning is now more important than ever. The below are the best applications to help make remote and online learning as efficient as possible for students, teachers, and parents. Online education is no easy achievement, but it can run smoothly when digital tools are used that meet three criteria: students, parents, and teachers can communicate; students can access all the information they need; and teachers can seamlessly deliver content and grade assessments—from anywhere, at any time. The below applications and LMS tools will help you to meet those goals for online and remote learning.

• Discord
• Blackboard
• Google Classroom
• ClassDojo
• Canvas
• Quizlet
• Schoology
• Edmodo
• Nearpod
• Khan Academy

How AR apps improve the learning process

In addition, engaging augmented reality has other benefits for students and teachers.

Augmented Reality Devices

• Deeper learning. Beyond just learning theories, students can watch certain subject matters in action. They get to learn more deeply as they immerse themselves in virtual reality.
• Higher engagement. Gamified AR learning allows students to interact with the material, making the lessons fun and effortless.
• Improved collaboration. AR applications can cook up scenarios where multiple students are involved in the learning process simultaneously. These interactive lessons temporary collaboration and improve teamwork skills.
• Practical learning. Virtual reproductions of in-field situations allow students to master the skills needed for their profession.
• Safe workplace training. People can now practice or learn life-critical operations without endangering anybody. For instance, AR makes it possible for doctors to practice heart surgeries without operating on an actual person.
• Accessible learning materials. AR applications provide a more portable and convenient alternative to traditional learning materials like heavy books, physical models, and printed manuals.

The great thing about AR is that it applies to all types of students and professions from practically every field imaginable. Whether you are trying to turn a kindergartener into a math whiz or simulating a space shuttle launch, you can come up with a solution that uses augmented reality.

Augmented Reality in Education

Benefits of augmented reality in education

AR technology helps to improve the following:

• Student engagement and interest
• Learning environment
• Content understanding
• Collaboration
• Memory
• Sensory development
• Cost-effectiveness.

Advantages of augmented reality in education

• Access to learning materials: In an AR application, Students can download the latest / updated data related to their topic and display it in an interactive format.
• Access to virtual equipment: It is necessary to explore scientific equipment and learn how to use, an AR application presents the required 3D model and its explanations. This adds the practical value to the traditional learning materials.
• Higher student engagement: Students study the material more deeply which makes it feel more real and relevant.
• Faster learning: A new way of presenting information helps reduce the overall learning time. In parallel, there is more time for practice and in-depth examination of the topics.
• Safer practice: Students no longer need to dissect real animals; this can be accurately simulated through software. Students get the same level of practice without harming anything or working with dangerous tools.

Augmented Reality in Schools:

Augmented reality in college

Augmented reality for distance learning

Augmented reality in work training

Challenges of augmented reality in education

Beyond from the benefits, there are couple of difficulties associated with using such learning tools:

• Proper hardware is needed: Most modern electronic tools/ smartphones/ smart glasses are required.
• The lack of teachers’ experience with tech: Some instructors do not use the latest technologies, or they might not be aware of how to use it.

Conclusion:

In today’s world AR is applicable for almost all the sectors and it is growing very fast in the market. The companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook are making extensive use of the technology’s software. In the recent years, AR is used in all industries and expand its application incorporating into their everyday operations. By adopting AR, advancement can be brought in multiple fields especially in the application development.

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