Sketch-Play-Learn - An Augmented Paper Based Environment for Learning the Concepts of Optics

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce Sketch-Play-Learn, an augmented paper-based tabletop system to support students learning of the principles of light behaviour. This project emphasises the use of the most ubiquitous and inexpensive learning medium, which is paper. Students engage themselves in completing a goal-based task sketched by the teacher on paper and observing the visual feedback on the same paper. We argue that augmenting the paper with digital information while providing a tabletop setup provides a novel and appealing approach to learning for classroom use. In this paper, we discuss the motivations for our project and describe the design and implementation our system. We also describe an initial evaluation with children and outline future research goals.