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Arvanitis, Theodoros N., Williams, Daniel D., Knight, James F., Cross, James and Baber, Chris (2007) Wearable computing technologies : applications in science education. In: Designing the Science Laboratory for the School of Tomorrow : Advanced Technologies in Education, Athens, Greece, 26-27 Jan 2007. Published in: Designing the Science Laboratory for the School of Tomorrow Advanced Technologies in Education : Proceedings of the Conference pp. 145-153. ISBN 9789606701306.
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The recent technological advances in wearable computing have found their way into many applications that support and enhance everyday human activities. Wearable technology can sense human actions and adapt accordingly, depending on the context of use, providing a new way of human-technology interaction that augments human cognitive abilities and performance. The use of wearable technology in the context of education is new, and has been mainly linked to the
concept of experiential learning. The paper describes the development of wearable technology for two technology enhanced learning projects, namely the Lab of Tomorrow and the CONNECT projects. In the Lab of Tomorrow project, students and their teachers can use mobile and wearable computing technology to perform daily activities and, through the measurement of human performance, understand the natural world around them. Teachers can link such life-like related experiences
to promote experiential learning within the context of the formal educational curriculum. In the case of the CONNECT project, mobile wearable computing is used to create Augmented Reality experiences of interesting phenomena that students observe in an informal and experiential learning scenario, while visiting science museums and centres. The paper conjectures on how, in the future, wearable technology can support experiential learning activities within both
formal and informal education, by exploring the technological advances of the technologies used in the example projects reported in this paper.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Designing the Science Laboratory for the School of Tomorrow Advanced Technologies in Education : Proceedings of the Conference | ||||
Publisher: | Ellinogermaniki Agogi | ||||
ISBN: | 9789606701306 | ||||
Official Date: | 2007 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 145-153 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | Designing the Science Laboratory for the School of Tomorrow : Advanced Technologies in Education | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Athens, Greece | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 26-27 Jan 2007 | ||||
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