Augmented reality (AR) technology is the result of using convergence technology to greatly expand our functional reality, i.e. that which is in our expanded environment, that we know about, and that we are able to act on. The technologies making this possible include, smartphones, GPS, phone cameras, always-on and always-available data networks, etc. A crude, but widespread, example of AR technology is Google Maps. Google Maps makes it possible for us to know about places of interest that are in our environment, or an environment relevant to us, far beyond that which our biological senses can reveal. Other examples include the services provided by apps such as Layars and Wikitude that provide detailed data on objects that we experience, Google’s recently released AR game, Ingress, among many other projects. AR is likely to be one of the most transformative technological developments that we will see over the next decade because it radically changes the world that we live in, how we perceive that world, and how we interact with it and other individuals in it. With affordable HUD displays (ex. Google Glass) this technology will take on a whole other dimension.

1. PERSONALIZE YOUR LEARNING WITH
AUGMENTED REALITY
PERSONALIZE YOUR LEARNING WITH
aug•ment•ed re•al•i•ty
Ôg-΄ment-ted rē-΄a-le-tē
noun
1. enhanced informative environment
that is created with data and
integrated sensors in computing and
communication technology
LEARNING ON
THE GO!
Google
Glass
Personalized learning
environment can go with you
and be activated when needed
Don’t like your brick and
mortar classroom?
EXPERIENCE
IMMERSIVE
SIMULATIONS!
Take a virtual classoom
with you anywhere!
Objects projected so you can
interact with them
Don’t want to dissect
a real frog?
Dissect a virtual frog!
PERSONALIZE
YOUR LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT!
YOUR
ENVIRONMENT
IS TALKING
TO YOU!
Technology accesses data
associated with physical objects
Don’t know what
kind of tree that is?
Ask it!
Technology tailors classroom to
accommodate your learning style
This is
your brain.
Don’t understand a
scientific explanation?
Invite in an expert!
This is your brain on
augmented reality.
ORGANIZED BY THE TECHNoLoGY REDESIGN TASK GRoUP
FRoM THE DEPARTMENT oF ORGANIZATIoNAL LEADERSHIP, PoLICY, AND DEVELoPMENT
pro•ac•tive ed•u•ca•tor
prō-΄ak-tiv ΄e-je-,kā-ter
noun
1. someone who engages learners
in actively participating in the
construction of new realities to create
and explore new and existing contexts