wearable learning: how google glass is changing education

Wearable learning: How Google Glass is changing education

Daniyar Sapargaliyev, PhD International Academy of Business, Kazakhstan

Bristol Ideas in Mobile Learning6-7 March 2014

Wearable computers, also known as body-borne computers or wearables are miniature electronic devices that are worn by the bearer under, with or on top of clothing (Mann, 2013).

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Google Glass has the potential to bring new possibilities to educators and students.

• How to use Google Glass for teaching and learning? • Which of subjects are appropriate for Google Glass? • Are educators and learners ready to use Google Glass?

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Google Glass will empower users or it will detach them from reality.

Swarm! Google Glass Game concept a Massively Multiplayer Online Augmented Reality SimulationYou are an ant foraging, fighting, and working tirelessly for your Colony and your life!

Source: http://glass-apps.org/swarm-google-glass-game

When the additional information being provided is of direct relevance, our attention can become more highly focused and our understanding and retention enhanced (Norman, 2013).

Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/04/google-glass-car/

Positioning a micro display outside a person’s natural field of view could lead to eyestrain and visual confusion (Ackerman, 2013).

Source: http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/google_glasses_20130809

A surgeon at The Ohio State University is the first in the United States to consult with a distant colleague using live, point-of-view video from the operating room via Google Glass.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2404031/Doctors-Ohio-State-University-use-Google-Glass-live-stream-surgery.html

Some of medical wearable apps have facial recognition features, but Google do not allow using such apps without having strong privacy protections.

Source: http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2013/04/03/Google-Glass-Privacy-Issues-040313.aspx

Source: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/05/28/lambda-labs-develops-facial-recognition-for-google-glass

STEMbite: Transforming Video Lessons with Google Glass

STEMbite is a YouTube Channel developed by Andrew Vanden Heuvel, there are over 60 informative and entertaining brief clips sharing how math and science relate to our everyday life.

Calvin College instructor wears Google Glass to walk students through the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.

Source: http://www.grbj.com/articles/76815-video-calvin-college-instructor-sees-education-through-google-glass

Google Glass allows medical students watch different medical procedures in real time.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2404031/Doctors-Ohio-State-University-use-Google-Glass-live-stream-surgery.html

Live video stream from Google Glass was transmitted via wireless connection to smartphones of each fellow who participated in experiment.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2404031/Doctors-Ohio-State-University-use-Google-Glass-live-stream-surgery.html

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/10/living/google-glass-in-schools

How does Google glass extend the interaction possibilities of m-learning?

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Thank you!

Daniyar Sapargaliyev

International Academy of Business, Kazakhstan

Email: dsapargalieff@gmail.com