Castor: Designing and experimenting a context-aware architecture for creating stories outdoors

Authoring Tool for Location-Based Learning Experiences

“…1 an example of a location layer inside of La Plata museum is shown. Each location is defined in an independent way, regardless of any domain or sensing mechanism and being able to reuse them in different location-based learning experiences (what is not possible on other existing tools such as [2] and [4]). So far, the tool uses an image to represent indoor spaces (as shown in Fig.…”

“…Virtual design is based in a map to set the relevant locations in which the learners receive the learning activities [2]. On the other hand, in-situ design (as in [4]) implies visiting the real physical place, creating more precise experiences (by allowing teachers, for example, to observe the place from the learners' perspective [5] or to better estimate the time to move from one location to another [6]). Note that all of these mentioned works are focused on outdoor experiences and contents are couple with GPS locations, hence, reuse of both contents and locations separately is not possible.…”