Extend your playground: Mixed-Reality Games for Learning

    Activity: Talk or presentation typesTalk or presentation (not at a conference)Academic

    Description

    Education needs to face the challenges of a world changing at faster pace. Ability to
    learn continuously, flexibility, creativity are at the forefront of educational goals.
    Playing is one of the key principles allowing children to learn in safe environments.
    With the advent of augmented reality and wearable technologies new forms of
    games appear, that take the context of the player into account and enable players to
    transfer their games into their local environment. These new forms enable new learning scenarios, which require
    new pedagogical approaches. In this talk, examples of mobile serious games and augmented reality are given.
    Period7 May 2019
    Event titleIMTEL Innovation Day: Immersive Tech and Serious Games
    Event typeSymposium
    LocationTrondheim, NorwayShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionInternational