ARPOT: an Augmented Reality Platform for Outdoor Teaching

URRIBARRI DANA ; SERENO, CLAUDIA; CASTRO SILVIA; SELZER MATIAS; LARREA MARTIN; MASTANDREA ALDANA; GAZCÓN NICOLAS; VOLONTÉ ANTONELA

Buenos Aires

Congreso; XXVI Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACIC); 2020

Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática

In the last years, there has been interest in introducingAugmented Reality (AR) into education. However, users who arenot technical specialists require tools to facilitate the creation andcustomisation of AR experiences. Since educational tours and excursionsconnect students with the concepts taught in classroom, and ARincreases the students? interest and motivation, we developed ARPOT,an AR platform for outdoor teaching that integrates tools for the teacherto easily create AR content and tools for students to view and interactwith such AR content without internet connection. ARPOT was testedby 240 students of different educational levels at the wetlands of Villa delMar, Argentina, and 12 new students at the campus of our university. Inboth case studies, the students reported a more motivating and engagingexperience, and the educators reported that ARPOT was a powerful toolfor content creation.