@inproceedings{f78f841f52434f578d70ce8841f90309,
title = "ADVANCED EDU-AR-VIZ: a Framework for Selecting Appropriate Visual Augmentations in STEM Education",
abstract = "In today{\textquoteright}s world, there is a growing demand for professionals with skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. At the same time, teaching STEM subjects can be a challenging task, as students struggle to understand abstract concepts and complex phenomena in lectures and textbooks. This has given rise to a new approach to learning called active learning, with the use of interactive simulations and three-dimensional visualisations to improve conceptual understanding. In this paper, we focus on the use of mobile AR as a tool to facilitate active learning for a new generation of learners. We introduce a framework for choosing appropriate visual augmentations for educational purposes. As a practical use case, we describe the design, development and evaluation of a mobile AR Android app for learning about magnetism. Our findings indicate that the use of AR on mobile phones is indeed interesting to students, even with prior knowledge of magnetism.",
keywords = "Augmented reality, E-learning, Education, STEM, Visualisation",
author = "Isabel Lesjak and Christian Guetl and Johanna Pirker and David Lowe",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements. This research work was supported by the Study Abroad mobility programme at Graz University of Technology and was also partly carried out as a research collaboration with the University of Sydney. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning : ICL 2021, ICL 2021 ; Conference date: 22-09-2021 Through 24-09-2021",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-93904-5_24",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030939038",
series = "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "237--249",
editor = "Auer, {Michael E.} and Hanno Hortsch and Oliver Michler and Thomas K{\"o}hler",
booktitle = "Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education",
address = "Germany",
}