Augmented Education

Integration and Language Learning of Newly Arrived Migrants Using Mobile Technology

“…It offers possibilities for the transformation of learners and their learning coontexts", (Sheehy, Ferguson & Clough, 2014, p. 1). It is also pointed out by Sheehy, Ferguson and Clough (2014) that a strong pedagogical ground is needed in order for technology to become embedded in lasting practices. In other words, augmenting puts an emphasis on extending opportunities to practice language in a variety of social settings and observe how language is used by various speakers.…”

Inclusive Museums and Augmented Reality: Affordances, Participation, Ethics, and Fun

“…There is no standardised or agreed definition of augmented reality (AR) (Normand, Servières, and Moreau 2012) and the term is often used to refer to different forms of virtually mediated environments and virtual reality technologies (Sheehy, Ferguson, and Clough 2014). However, a defining feature of an augmented reality experience is that people using augmented reality technologies retain awareness of their physical world, which is overlaid to varying extents with digital information.…”

“…AR technologies can increase the autonomy of blind or visually impaired people in navigating known and unknown environments (Katz et al 2012) and transform unseen visual object data into accessible auditory information (Dramas et al 2008). AR can present information that people may otherwise struggle to access -for example reading aloud written text or adding helpful environmental information through voice, symbols or signing in person's own language (Sheehy et al 2014). This range of applications means that AR, in its various guises, offers a valuable tool through which museum environments might be made more meaningful and engaging for a diversity of visitors.…”

“…This experience is not uniform across people, technologies or contexts, and so a framework for mapping, and comparing, the affordances of particular systems is a useful analytic tool. The Affordances of Augmented Reality Systems and Applications framework (Sheehy, Ferguson, and Clough 2014) was developed to do this. It sees affordances as fundamental properties that determine how the technology could possibly be used (Norman 1999) and highlights eight of them.…”

“…This theme reflects judgements made about the impact that a particular technology will have on user experience, with reference to the Affordances of Augmented Reality Systems and Applications (Sheehy, Ferguson, and Clough 2014). Each of the technologies described in the 18 papers were mapped onto the Affordances of Augmented Reality Systems and Applications.…”