1. Wearable learning:
How Google Glass is changing education
Daniyar Sapargaliyev, PhD
International Academy of Business, Kazakhstan
Bristol Ideas in Mobile Learning
6-7 March 2014

2. 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).
Source: http://blogs.barrons.com

3. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2404031

4. Google Glass has the potential to bring new possibilities to educators and students.
Source: http://foradian.com/post/49920105096/googleglass

5. • 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?
Source: http://foradian.com/post/49920105096/googleglass

6. Google Glass will empower users or it will detach them from reality.
Source: http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/10-places-google-glass-banned

7. Swarm! Google Glass Game concept a Massively Multiplayer Online Augmented Reality Simulation
You are an ant foraging, fighting, and working tirelessly for your Colony and your life!
Source: http://glass-apps.org/swarm-google-glass-game

8. 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/

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. How does Google glass extend the interaction possibilities of m-learning?
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/10/living/google-glass-in-schools

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17. Thank you!
Daniyar Sapargaliyev
International Academy of Business, Kazakhstan
Email: dsapargalieff@gmail.com