Traditional educational methods are fast losing steam as the education sector is fast adopting latest technologies and getting the digital edge. Education technology or EdTech as it is popularly termed is all set to reach a staggering $680.1 billion by 2027 with an annual growth rate of 17.9%. Among the technologies that are making an impactful change to the education sector is that of Augmented Reality (AR). In fact, it is predicted that AR will open up a pool of opportunities to students and institutes alike and surpass $5.3 billion by 2023!
Augmented Reality is all set to making the learning process more fluid and engaging with its 3-Dimensional (3-D) models.
What is augmented reality?
Augmented Reality (AR) enhances real-world environments by superimposing digital information—like images, videos, or sound—onto the physical world. It uses sensors, cameras, projection, and reflection to blend virtual models with real environments, offering a seamless and interactive learning experience.
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How Augmented Reality is benefiting students learn better
AR is fast being adopted across a cross-section of educational settings making complicated subjects simpler to students. Virtual field trips and virtual engagement with other cultures make learning simply more interesting. Strong emerging trends suggest that the AR as EdTech is set to surpass a whopping $5.3 billion by 2023. As a supporting pillar of the Industrial Revolution 4.0., the AR landscape in the educational and its allied sectors is set to be worth $198 billion by 2025!
Here are some of the most remarkable ways in which AR can significantly impact the learning environment:
Make learning interesting, engaging, and meaningful:
With the opportunity to engage directly with educational content by way of virtual worlds, students get attracted to it instantly. This lets them explore the related curriculum with more interest and lets them learn in a way that they retain easily. After all, seeing volcanoes, experiencing storms and seeing DNA structures as though live certainly makes learning more interesting and meaningful!
Create stimulating learning environment:
AR-powered lessons simulate hands-on learning, allowing students to rotate molecules, explore space, or manipulate historical artifacts—all on their device. Instead of rote memorization, they gain deep understanding via experiential learning.
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Better comprehension of content and curricula:
Lack of content understanding is among the major concerns of teachers across the globe especially when it comes to teaching average students and those with special needs. Use of AR helps ease this challenge as students are able to engage in immersive learning environments of models letting them understand better. Students across all types of learning spectrum end up with real life-like visual learning that they are able to grasp faster. Using AR educational apps that simulate moon landing and the technology involved elucidate facts better than any formula can!
Sensory development:
The use of Augmented Reality in teaching initiate multisensory experience among students letting them benefit from it immensely. The process of engaging with immersive virtual content helps them use sensory faculties of touch, feel, hear and watching. It is much like engaging with such possibilities in the real world using all sensory faculties, and as a result they are stimulated to work in sync and developed. Seeing 3-D dinosaurs in action as the learning app features rotate, zoom, flip and more, lets students engage multiple sensory faculties that become alert and developed.
Higher retention of learnt curricula/better memory:
With vivid visual representation of the learning curricula before them, students tend to retain all that they see, experience and learn better and for longer periods. In fact, AR as EdTech can be used to create memorable stories of times, places and also objects. Think of bringing alive thousands of years of history before students instead of just imparting monotonous lessons.
Better collaboration and empathy among peer and learning groups:
Learning becomes more stimulating as groups of students immerse in the same experience, share the same platform and develop strong bonds while learning. They learn how to collaborate while learning which also helps them motivate to learn more actively. Educational content is easily assimilated by groups of interactive growing humans who learn to communicate across boundaries and also help each other. Teachers on the other hand can develop better curricula content based on such interactions.
Cost-effective learning method:
Use of smart gadgets with AR is continually on the rise and is fast becoming common especially in the advanced countries. These devices in turn become cost-effective ways of learning through educational apps using the technology. The method can cut down learning costs by replacing expensive textbooks and other learning materials.
Concluding thoughts
Augmented Reality (AR) is revolutionizing education by blending the digital and physical worlds to deliver deeply engaging learning experiences. With the help of cameras, sensors, and smart devices, AR brings 3D content into real-world environments—making learning interactive, immersive, and easier to grasp.
No longer limited to gaming like Pokémon Go, AR is now transforming classrooms and powering innovative e-learning apps that cater to diverse student needs. From visualizing complex concepts to enhancing retention, the possibilities are endless.
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