Tags:augmented reality, augmented reality applications, Blippar, chemistry education and QR code
Abstract:
This study targeted an analysis of the possibilities and advantages of augmented reality technologies and their implementation in training of future Chemistry and Biology teachers. The study revealed that the use of augmented reality technologies in education creates a number of advantages, such as: visualization of educational material; interesting and attractive learning process; increasing student motivation to study and others. The results of a survey of students showed that only 18.6% of them correctly understood what augmented reality technologies are and had used them in learning before. Several augmented reality applications were analyzed. The Blippar app has been determined to have great benefits: it's free; the interface is simple and intuitive; the possibility of using different file types; the possibility of combining a large amount of information and logically structuring it; loading different types of information: video, image, 3D models, links to sites, etc. Thus, convenient interactive projects, which was called study guide with AR elements were developed and implemented in teaching chemistry. The survey of students showed that all students characterized their experience of using augmented reality in chemistry classes as positive, and indicated that the use of the Blipar application facilitated new material understanding, allowed to work at an individual pace, and was a very good supplement of experimental and practical work. At the same time, students emphasized that augmented reality technologies should not completely replace classes in a real chemical laboratory.
Using Blippar to Create Augmented Reality in Chemistry Education