Ectel 2012 carl_smith_ltr_iv3
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This document discusses research into augmenting learning contexts through creative context engineering using augmented reality (AR). The researcher argues that AR allows users to see across spaces from macroscopic and microscopic views, expanding spatial literacy. Well-designed AR can unite physical and virtual spaces to create new situations. However, over-rationalizing spaces through surveillance risks losing imagination. The researcher proposes using AR to reactivate imagination in experiencing spaces through personal narratives.
Ectel 2012 carl_smith_ltr_iv3
- 1. Enabling Creative Context Engineering within Augmented Spaces Carl Smith Learning Technology Research Institute (LTRI) London Metropolitan University London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 2. Research: Augmenting Learning Contexts A core research area at LTRI is to understand the contextual factors which influence and affect learning. The first wave of mobile learning was communication, the second was content and now we have entered the third, which is context. MAR is about context because it is inherently about who you are, where you are, what you are doing, and what is around you. Well designed MAR should enable the creation of situations and concepts that could not have been realised before by uniting the strengths, features and possibilities of both the physical and the virtual space. London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 3. LTRI: Augmenting Learning Contexts Learning requires the possibility to transform your point of view and re-program your perspective. Replacing imagination with computer animation? Leverage computers instead of catering to them (natural interaction) Build daydreaming back in.... Use technology to create ‘post digital’ context engines. London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 4. Definition of Context Engineering London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 5. Technology can be invented; human nature is something we're stuck with. A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities. “Pictures Under Glass is an interaction paradigm of permanent numbness and yet, it's the star player in every Vision Of The Future.” London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
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- 7. Technology Narrative London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 8. Ancient Technology: Body Mnemonics ‘the body space is a very individual culturally defined construct, and thus can provide a highly personalised and meaningful interface.” (Ängeslevä, J. 2003) London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 9. Hacking Reality London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 10. Another Context Engine: Inception App London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 11. Fractured View = Reduction in Learning? London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 12. Initial Case Studies – Procedural London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 13. Case Studies –Declarative - Content / Interface/ Interaction London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 14. Labelling is not real knowledge? Feynman London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 15. The label allowed the object to be seen London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 16. Instead of having to learn it you can just see it London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 17. Macroscopic Learning A map of Manhattan named “Here & There.” places the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it and allows them to plot a path between them. The projection connects the viewer's local environment to remote destinations normally out of sight. “A macroscope is something that helps us see what the aggregation of many small actions looks like when added together.” John Thackera London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 18. A revolution in spatial literacy: Access to new spaces: Implications for what can be known London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
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- 20. To see across as opposed to from AR methodologies can be used to fundamentally expand the range of available ways of seeing. The AR methodologies formulated during this research allow users to work simultaneously from the macroscopic and microscopic view. This enables them to shift their pov and rapidly reframe their understanding. Not centred on the technology but the navigational shift that results when the world itself becomes the interface. New emphasis on spatial literacy is required. London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
- 21. Conclusion – Surveillance vs Imagination The danger of Augmented Reality applications lies in rationalising spaces using tags, categories, and ratings. This documentation and digitisation of elements of our world is a form of surveillance. We need to reactivate the imagination as a faculty through which to experience our surroundings and explore the meaning of spaces through personal narration, rather than objective knowledge systems. carl.smith@londonmet.ac.uk London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute