I think AR could have enhanced my experiences with site studies. You know, in Biology were you have to go out to field to find some bacteria that grows in water or something, and write it all in some sort of logbook? I always found those trips boring - they never were what they were cracked up to be. I think it would be fun if an almost "Pokemon Go" sort of world could be set up to work in unison with field studies, to both get students in the field, but also keep them engaged.
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This is so relevant to me at the moment. I am the instructional designer for a field studies course we are developing in which mining students will blow up rock using dynamite and measure the blast forces and radius's using many really hardcore sensors. I doubt anyone is going to want to close with their devices though :) We are going to ask students to record data and process information as the day proceeds though so I wonder if there are any opportunities for AR in this regard. I am starting to wonder though what AR provides above what is already obtainable from traditional methods. Will we get to a point where AR is the norm, and as such just as boring? Will future students just be looking for the next big thing? I think its important technology solutions really provide a solution to something that isn't impossible through traditional means.