Learning Programming and Electronics with Augmented Reality

Abstract

Digital native generations have been technology consumers all their life. Our children should be educated to be capable to contribute, as active producers, to the digital framework with a maturity and critical attitude. To do that children should learn to program from very early stage at school and combine this with electronics can be the right way to motivate them to develop skills such as reasoning, problems resolution, logic, creativity, perseverance and team work. This paper describes the development of an augmented reality book that can be used by children to learn programming and electronics. Students alone, in groups, at home or in the classroom can use mobile devices (smartphones or tablets) and augmented reality to help them in the electronics assembly. We believe that the use of augmented reality will change significantly the teaching activities by enabling the addition of supplementary information that is seen on a mobile device.

Development of an augmented reality‐based scaffold to improve the learning experience of engineering students in embedded system course

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“…[ 16] 2018 Electrical Engineering AR application using QR codes develop to showcase electrical concepts. Bloom's taxonomy was used to evaluate student learning gain.…”

“…They learn by doing handson activities by themselves and refer to digital devices to enhance their learning experience. A paradigm shift observed from a teacher-centric approach to a studentcentric approach, which has seamlessly incorporated technology as the primary tool of instruction and learning [16].…”

Augmented-Reality Survey: from Concept to Application

“…The two usage categories for the smartphone are as follows: ubiquitous and constantly-held. The Wikitude World Browser [49], one of the AR tools that is the easiest to use, is a representative case of the ubiquitous category; here, the information is displayed continuously with real-world images based on the Web plug-in. The Microsoft omniTouch [50], a representative constantly-held example, consists of a wearable computer, a depth-sensing camera, and a projection system for interactions on everyday surfaces.…”

“…Metaio SDK [64] is an SW framework that consists of Mobile SDK, PC SDK, Web SDK, Design, Creator, Engineer, and the Junaio [49] browser plugin. The vision of the Metaio framework is the easy integration of the virtual into the real world.…”