Augmented Reality Applications for Education: Five Directions for Future Research

Abstract

Augmented Reality (AR) systems have reached certain level of maturity in educational environments and their effectiveness has been widely proven. There are many literature review studies that have determined the trends, affordances and challenges of this emerging technology in educational settings. However, these studies do not propose practical solutions that aim to solve the challenges and issues found in AR systems. There are still some problems that need to be addressed in order to obtain the best of this technology and ensure the most appropriate integration of AR into education. There are still unexplored fields of application in which AR systems can help expand the possibilities and improve learning processes. This paper, proposes five directions for future research around possible solutions for some of the most important challenges of AR applications for education. These proposals are based on the findings of a literature review of 50 studies published between 2011 and 2017 in scientific journals. As a result, we provide a guideline for developers and practitioners to continue to expand the accurate integration of AR systems into educational environments.