Tag Archives: pedagogy

Landmap Showcase New Augmented Reality App at the National Science and Engineering Week

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Matt Ramirez

The University of Manchester has organised a week of activities to enthuse school children about studying science and engineering.  Pupils have the opportunity to get up close with some of the cutting-edge research going on at The University of Manchester … Continue reading →

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Ding! Ding! Round two – AR in the classroom

Posted on March 2, 2013 by mtgwork

On Friday afternoon we demoed the second, and brand new, version of the Crafts Study Centre augmented reality (AR) app to students at University for the Creative Arts. Originally our lead academic, Adrian Bland, had envisoned AR as a ‘portal … Continue reading →

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Mimas AR open for business

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Matt Ramirez

Mimas is pleased to announce that we are now open to engage in Augmented Reality consultancy and training, an exciting new area where we hope to realise its rich potential for education. Mimas’s experience with AR has involved working with … Continue reading →

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Introducing AR to 2nd year students at UCA

Posted on February 8, 2013 by mtgwork

On 25th January the Crafts Study Centre augmented reality (AR) app was introduced to 2nd year students on the Contextual and Theoretical Perspectives course at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. The SCARLET+ lead academic, Adrian Bland (and Pathway Tutor … Continue reading →

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Discovering augmented reality at UCA

Posted on December 14, 2012 by mtgwork

This is the third in a trio of blog posts inspired by the workshop led by Team SCARLET on Friday 7th December at University for the Creative Arts (UCA). The other two blog posts deal with the CSC’s working prototype … Continue reading →

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Triangles and teapots: AR technology development

Posted on December 14, 2012 by mtgwork

At the workshop led by Team SCARLET on 7th December, the Crafts Study Centre presented a rough demonstration of their AR development so far. The two key principles underpinning this work were (and continue to be): ‘pedagogy before technology’; and … Continue reading →

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AR thoughts & questions from a lecturer’s perspective

Posted on December 13, 2012 by mtgwork

On Friday 7th December Team SCARLET visited the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) to give a workshop on augmented reality. The following thoughts and questions in this blog post are taken from the notes of one of the attendees to … Continue reading →

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The SCARLET Focus Groups: 2nd and 3rd Year Undergraduates

Posted on May 14, 2012 by frankmanista

On the 3rd of May, Matt Ramirez and I conducted our latest series of focus groups with two different courses, whose delivery will involve the oldest fragment of the Gospel of John, which dates back to the 2nd half of … Continue reading →

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The SCARLET Project Survey

Posted on May 14, 2012 by frankmanista

As part of the on-going work to evaluate and disseminate the work being done with the SCARLET Project,  we conducted a simple and straightforward survey for Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s 3rd year undergraduates from the pilot course “Beyond the Text: The … Continue reading →

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The SCARLET Project with First Year Undergraduates

Posted on May 11, 2012 by frankmanista

As part of the on-going development of SCARLET, beyond the pilot course, “The Book and Its Body”, a group of Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s first-year students in ITAL10300, “Contemporary Italian Culture” were asked to participate in a focus group on 26 … Continue reading →

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