Sketch-Play-Learn - An Augmented Paper Based Environment for Learning the Concepts of Optics

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce Sketch-Play-Learn, an augmented paper-based tabletop system to support students learning of the principles of light behaviour. This project emphasises the use of the most ubiquitous and inexpensive learning medium, which is paper. Students engage themselves in completing a goal-based task sketched by the teacher on paper and observing the visual feedback on the same paper. We argue that augmenting the paper with digital information while providing a tabletop setup provides a novel and appealing approach to learning for classroom use. In this paper, we discuss the motivations for our project and describe the design and implementation our system. We also describe an initial evaluation with children and outline future research goals.

Making Tangible the Intangible: Hybridization of the Real and the Virtual to Enhance Learning of Abstract Phenomena

“…We participated in the design of a platform, called Hobit for Hybrid Optical Bench for Innovative Teaching, where the optical elements (e.g., lenses, mirrors mounted on supports equipped with micrometric screws) are replaced by 3D-printed replicas that were equipped with electronic sensors (Furio et al, 2015). Compared to related works, especially Underkoffler and Ishii (1998) and Agarwal and Tripathi (2015), Hobit targets hybrid experiments that mimic and augment true optical experiments and not only conceptual setups. In particular, we have built a hybrid wellknown Michelson interferometer from our platform.…”