A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education
Despite a significant volume of empirical research suggesting that augmented reality has a positive impact on student learning outcomes, it has not been widely adopted within education. This review critically analyses the literature to determine why this is the case. Our review methodology was based...
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| description | Despite a significant volume of empirical research suggesting that augmented reality has a positive impact on student learning outcomes, it has not been widely adopted within education. This review critically analyses the literature to determine why this is the case. Our review methodology was based on the PRISMA strategy. A total of 169 papers were identified for use in this study and this group of papers was evaluated using content analysis. Specifically we analysed the research goals, motivation and the extent of the application of co-design in the research papers. We found that the research in this area is primarily student-centred, and a minority of papers apply co-design as a technique. This is significant because it is well understood that student-centred outcomes have the least effect on technology adoption within education. Based on these findings we make a series of recommendations including a shift away from research focused solely on learning outcomes and towards research which also considers how augmented reality integrates into the teaching environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93c3df2c5c404ec8913cf9ee38dd2a352022-12-22T02:48:28ZengElsevierComputers and Education Open2666-55732022-12-013100103A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in educationCarlos Baptista De Lima0Sean Walton1Tom Owen2Corresponding author.; Department of Computer Science, Swansea University, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea, SA1 8EN Wales, United KingdomDepartment of Computer Science, Swansea University, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea, SA1 8EN Wales, United KingdomDepartment of Computer Science, Swansea University, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea, SA1 8EN Wales, United KingdomDespite a significant volume of empirical research suggesting that augmented reality has a positive impact on student learning outcomes, it has not been widely adopted within education. This review critically analyses the literature to determine why this is the case. Our review methodology was based on the PRISMA strategy. A total of 169 papers were identified for use in this study and this group of papers was evaluated using content analysis. Specifically we analysed the research goals, motivation and the extent of the application of co-design in the research papers. We found that the research in this area is primarily student-centred, and a minority of papers apply co-design as a technique. This is significant because it is well understood that student-centred outcomes have the least effect on technology adoption within education. Based on these findings we make a series of recommendations including a shift away from research focused solely on learning outcomes and towards research which also considers how augmented reality integrates into the teaching environment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666557322000325Augmented realityCo-designAdoptionLiterature reviewEducational technology |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Baptista De Lima Sean Walton Tom Owen A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education Computers and Education Open Augmented reality Co-design Adoption Literature review Educational technology |
| title | A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education |
| title_full | A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education |
| title_fullStr | A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education |
| title_short | A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education |
| title_sort | critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education |
| topic | Augmented reality Co-design Adoption Literature review Educational technology |
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