Authors : S. Nivedha and S. Hemalatha
Abstract: Current education system is rapidly growing in complexity, uncertainty, size and interdisciplinary characteristics. Number of students complains that there exists a lack of engagement and interaction with the learning environment. A major issue is that most of the teachers rely on traditional aids for teaching and it includes very little visual information. According to a number of recent surveys, these traditional techniques are considered as less interactive. Apart from the class room, the engagement of student with the study material is almost nonexistent. At the same time, the influence of smart phones in every aspect of daily life has changed students’ view of learning and their expectation about the Study materials’ presentation. Smart phones have all components that are required to implement an Augmented Reality (AR) application where the virtual 3D Objects are superimposed on the real world. The paper proposes an innovative mobile based application for learning that uses AR, thereby creating an interactive interface for students. The AR based application increases their interest of learning new things by exploring the 3D Objects. This app is also designed to support the touch based interaction with the 3D Objects. This new learning environment helps the students to develop an in-depth understanding of the subject and other operational issues.
S. Nivedha and S. Hemalatha, 2020. Interactive Science Learning using Handheld-AR. International Journal of Soft Computing, 15: 128-134.