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Mobile augmented reality: A pedagogical strategy in the university setting

Luis Alberto Laurens Arredondo

Article ID: 1774
Vol 1, Issue 2, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/met.v1i2.1774
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Abstract

The mobile augmented reality (M-AR) besides being a booming computer technology is an innovative tool that can support the pedagogical process in university classrooms, that is why the present research aims to show a methodological proposal for its implementation, in order to facilitate the learning of spatial reasoning of students, through the visualization and manipulation of three-dimensional virtual objects, promoting the motivation of learning knowledge and topics of the course of industrial design and technical drawing for the career of industrial engineering. A collection of geometric figures has been elaborated with the help of technological tools such as 2D and 3D modeling software, computer-aided design software and augmented reality application software. An updated methodology is proposed, available to any teacher, oriented to the stimulation of mental processes related to spatial reasoning of students, which integrates technological tools in the didactics of the dihedral system and the different graphic projections.

Keywords

pedagogical innovation; technical drawing; mobile augmented reality; university education

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