Studies in application of augmented reality in E-learning courses

Abstract

Previous Studies have indicated that specific concepts in chemistry education require visuospatial skills by students. This paper presents an attempt to extend Augmented Reality technology to school textbooks—particularly Chemistry. A qualitative study conducted with five high school chemistry teachers in India with the aim to identify existing pedagogical patterns related to Solid State Chemistry taught in high schools in India and attempt to design a device based application that will aid students’ learning. The results were found to be concurring with existing literature in chemistry learning. On the basis of this study, design suggestions to be considered while designing AR based solutions in the field of solid state chemistry are proposed. Incorporating these suggestions, we then conceptualized and developed an AR application for mobile and tablet devices based on a popular platform. This application uses standard XII NCERT textbook images as markers/reference to augment dynamic 3-dimensional content. User testing of the application indicated its acceptance.