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London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
Enabling Creative Context Engineering within Augmented Spaces
Carl SmithLearning Technology Research Institute (LTRI)
London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University Learning Technology Research Institute
Research: Augmenting Learning Contexts A core research area at LTRI is to understand the
contextual factors which influence and affect learning.
The first wave of mobile learning was communication, the second was content and now we have entered the third, which is context.
MAR is about context because it is inherently about who you are, where you are, what you are doing, and what is around you.
Well designed MAR should enable the creation of situations and concepts that could not have been realised before by uniting the strengths, features and possibilities of both the physical and the virtual space.
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LTRI: Augmenting Learning Contexts
Learning requires the possibility to transform your point of view and re-program your perspective.
Replacing imagination with computer animation? Leverage computers instead of catering to them (natural interaction)
Build daydreaming back in....
Use technology to create ‘post digital’ context engines.
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Definition of Context Engineering
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Technology can be invented; human nature is something we're stuck with.
A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities.
“Pictures Under Glass is an interaction paradigm of permanent numbness and yet, it's the star player in every Vision Of The Future.”
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Research follows a trajectory through different types of spacial construction.
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Technology Narrative
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Ancient Technology: Body Mnemonics
‘the body space is a very individual culturally defined construct, and thus can provide a highly personalised and meaningful interface.” (Ängeslevä, J. 2003)
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Hacking Reality
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Another Context Engine: Inception App
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Fractured View = Reduction in Learning?
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Initial Case Studies – Procedural
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Case Studies –Declarative - Content / Interface/ Interaction
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Labelling is not real knowledge? Feynman
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The label allowed the object to be seen
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Instead of having to learn it you can just see it
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Macroscopic LearningA map of Manhattan named “Here & There.” places the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it and allows them to plot a path between them.
The projection connects the viewer's local environment to remote destinations normally out of sight.
“A macroscope is something that helps us see what the aggregation of many small actions looks like when added together.” John Thackera
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A revolution in spatial literacy: Access tonew spaces: Implications for what can be known
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To see across as opposed to from
AR methodologies can be used to fundamentally expand the range of available ways of seeing.
The AR methodologies formulated during this research allow users to work simultaneously from the macroscopic and microscopic view. This enables them to shift their pov and rapidly reframe their understanding.
Not centred on the technology but the navigational shift that results when the world itself becomes the interface.
New emphasis on spatial literacy is required.
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Conclusion – Surveillance vs Imagination
The danger of Augmented Reality applications lies in rationalising spaces using tags, categories, and ratings. This documentation and digitisation of elements of our world is a form of surveillance.
We need to reactivate the imagination as a faculty through which to experience our surroundings and explore the meaning of spaces through personal narration, rather than objective knowledge systems.