Aurasma: A Tool for Education

Abstract

This paper is a preliminary result of a investigation on use the Augmented Reality Aurasma application in the teaching-learning in Geography teaching support process. A field study with qualitative data collection was carried out to identify the applicability of the system in a public school. In this methodology initially we were trainning the teacher to use the Aurasma and later the system was used in the classroom with 9 students. At the end of experiment, questionnaires were applied to the teacher and students to collect their impressions about the tool. Preliminary data indicate to an improvement of the teaching-learning process, leaving the student more focused in the classroom, however, new experiments with more students and teachers are needed to obtain more precise conclusions.