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Kumpulainen, Kristiina; Wong, Chin-Chin; Byman, Jenny; Renlund, Jenny; Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer A. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2023
In this study we investigated how augmented storying fosters children's ecological imagination. Augmented storying couples culturally-based nature stories embedded in augmented storytelling technology with children's own mobile and multimodal storying activities outdoors in local ecologies. The study took place during a four-month,…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education, Ecology
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Pretty Thandiswa Mpiti; Bulelwa Makena; Motsi Qoyi – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2023
Augmented reality (AR) has recently become a new leading edge in mobile-assisted language learning attributed to the popularity of smartphones. The place-based approach (PBA) is a situated, context-rich teaching and learning modality characterized by its relationship to place. AR and PBA have proven to be useful in educational settings; however,…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Rural Schools, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
Hsiao-Ping Hsu – Geography Teacher, 2024
According to the author, this innovative lesson plan incorporates virtual reality (VR) technology to foster environmental awareness and care in late primary-age students. Drawing on the place-based education approach and social constructivism in the lesson design, students participate in collaborative project-based learning. The students' task…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students, Lesson Plans
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Johnson, Aaron; Hicks, David; Ogle, Todd; Bowman, Doug; Cline, David; Ragan, Eric – Social Education, 2017
In 2014, Virginia's Montgomery County school division adopted a place-based social studies curriculum titled "My Place in Time and Space" for fifth grade students. The curriculum promotes an awareness of the impact of place on local knowledge and disciplinary understandings in southwest Virginia, while also connecting local history to…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Computer Simulation
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Oltman, Julie; Hammond, Thomas C. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This mixed-methods study explored the use of an augmented reality, location-based, iPad game to enhance the learning experience of young elementary history students. Utilizing the ARIS platform and a design-based research approach, researchers and teachers built a customized game experience that was inserted into a school's traditional second…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, History Instruction, Computer Simulation, Elementary School Students