This presentation is going to take you on our journey with ar

It started with an lsis project on using qr codes to enhance learner experience of tutorial program.

In March 2011 ofcom reported 96% of teens owned mobile phones, of that 47% were smart phones. Since then the growth of affordable tablet devices means that the numbers of learners with mobile devices has increased. We really wanted to engage with our learners using the technology they already had in their pockets.

Because of the nature of the project we were looking to engage learners using a variety of means. We went back to traditional marketing techniques - using posters and give aways with QR codes on them.

Links to tutorial themes, anti-bullying badges and drink tampering stoppers. We looked at a variety of ways to get message across.

Lsis critical friend David Sugden suggested we looked at ar
We signed up for an account with aurasma and began investigating ways we could incorporate the technology into our qr project
We had a respect fair coming up and thought it would be fun to get equality and diversity across in a different way - we had only partial success with the technology using this medium of delivery.

Moving out side of the qr project we had open evenings coming up felt that ar lends itself well to marketing events.

In 2 weeks we created content and produced in the region of 32 augmented posters - these showcased learner's work, visits and trips, sports and examples of teaching. Trying to show other aspects of college life.

We decided that where possible in the qr project we would try and incorporate ar where we could. This enabled us to try out different methods of creating the video content that sits behind the ar.

This post-it note links to animation on note-taking techniques and was attached to notebooks.

We saw an immediate use for AR in teaching and learning so began exploring where we could put it to best use. Our hospitality teams had already started creating short videos on different skills and techniques so this lent itself to AR. We created posters and hand outs so learners could get quick access to the videos in an area where IT is limited.

Its also being used to enable external verifiers to view the performance of candidates - this image links to a video presentation carried out by this learner and forms part of his portfolio

We also want to explore more fully how ar can be used to provide quick and easy access to content to support learners in their work.

Recently we have been exploring how AR can be used in our LRC. With increasing pressure on staffing and resources we are having to explore new ways of providing help and support in using our services.

We have looked at AR posters telling learners what goes on in the LRC. An AR guide which shows learners how to access various online services from home, and point of need support such as bookmarks which show how to use the LRC catalogue.

Still in early stages of exploring the technology -
Used small scale in recent art show,
Want to increase use marketing make of it - augmented inductions and augmented virtual tours
Want to increase use in curriculum esp practical subjects
Explore gps ar - location based ar

The next slides will showcase some of the apps we use to create content for augmented reality, there is a mix of free and paid apps. They all allow for videos to be saved locally which then allows for use in Aurasma.

Tellagami is a free app for IOS and Android which allows you to create your own avatar. You can either record your own voice or use text to speech. The resulting video can be saved to the camera roll and then used in augmented reality

Videoscribe is available as an app for IOS and Android and also has a desktop version. This is a paid for app but prices vary across platforms.

Videoscribe allows you to easily create engaging presentations with a hand drawing effect similar to RSA Animate videos.

Imovie is only available on IOS devices. It is a full featured video editing app but the aspect we particularly like is the trailer option. This gives you the option of various genres and creates really engaging videos.

30 Hands is a very simple tool to quickly create digital stories. Simply choose your images and then add audio for each slide.

Explain a website lets you annotate over a website at the same time as recording audio. Very useful for creating quick screencasts.

There are a number of IWB apps - Explain Everything and Animoby are both available on IOS and Android. You just need to check that the one you are using out puts a video to the camera roll.

With these type of apps you can draw, annotate, add audio. Lots of examples of how they are being used but similar in style to Khan Academy.

A fun app where you can make various sock puppets talk, to get longer recording and the ability to upload your own backgrounds you will need to pay for full version.

Animoto - free for educators. Available as an app and online. Upload photos and videos, choose a theme, add text to create some stunning animated slideshows.

This app gives the full silent movie treatment to your videos. A fun different way of presenting information

This IOS app is used to easily create posters, the augmented trigger image is put on these posters ready for printing. Lots of styles to choose from.

I use the video to photo app to take a still image from the video that I want to use to create the augmented reality. The resulting still image will then be used as the trigger image.

Any questions or want to know more about AR just contact me on Twitter.