matthew ramirez: 'a study in scarlet

Matt Ramirez

Mimas AR Developer, University of Manchester

A Study in SCARLET

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• Project Overview• What is AR?• Implementation of AR with Special Collections – SCARLET PROJECT• DEMO• Evaluation• SCARLET+• Other subject applications• DEMO

Presentation Overview

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Gartner Hype Cycle

Mobile Usage

• Morgan Stanley forecast that by 2014 mobile internet usage will overtake user access through traditional desktop means.

• “The way children use media through the day is also changing… suggesting a push-button, on-demand culture, which is moving away from scheduled television programmes.” – Childwise survey, children 7-16, 2013

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Introduction to AR

• Augmented Reality (AR) is a term for superimposing computer graphics over a live view of the real world

• Can be delivered on a desktop, television, mobile device etc.

• Points of Interest (POI’s) are the main way of displaying AR information.

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Types of Augmented Reality

• Marker based AR (e.g. natural feature tracking – 2D or 3D physical

objects)

• Markerless (without tracking using locational device sensors such as

GPS and/or accelerometer)

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Examples of AR Early use cases• Military application on Heads up displays (HUDs)

• Provide visual cues to pilots relating to aircraft

systems such as altitude, airspeed and horizon line.

• Frequently used in unmanned drones, controlled

remotely with contextual targeting information on

screen

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Examples of AR Early use cases• Manufacturing on production lines (e.g. BMW)

• Engineers quality assure alignment of components

using augmented models.

• Provide directions for assembly on HUD’s

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SCARLET ProjectAims

• Use AR to add value to the learner experience.

• Produce a methodology that other Special Collections libraries can follow, making these resources accessible for research, teaching and learning.

Challenges

• Students must consult rare books within the controlled conditions of library study rooms.

• The objects are isolated from the secondary, supporting materials and the growing mass of related digital assets.

• How does the use of AR enhance Learning & Teaching?

• What application does AR have to the wider audience?

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AR Student Benefits

• Compliment physical learning spaces (e.g. clinical skills labs, libraries) with leading-edge e-learning.

• Surround objects with interpretative and contextual material.• Bridging the gap between specialist-mediated demonstrations and

independent learning.• Using blended learning methodology.• Users retain information when actively involved in a learning

experience.• Abstract concepts or ideas that might otherwise be difficult for

students to comprehend can be explained through AR in situ.

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Stakeholder Roles

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MimasProject Management and AR technology

AcademicsAward winning academics to develop and deliver content

John Rylands LibraryTechnical integration special collections.Expert knowledge of special collections.

Student VoiceUndergraduate students leading the development process

The courses and contentDante’s Divine Comedy

10 key editions of the poem which are particularly important in terms of the publishing and or/intellectual history

All published between 1472 and 1555

UG course, Italian Studies, Beyond the Text: The Book and its Body

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The courses and contentGospel of John papyri

The most famous piece of the Rylands collection, the world-renowned oldest fragment of the Gospel of John, on permanent public display.

UG course, Classical Studies, Egypt in the Graeco-Roman World

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DEMOS

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St John Fragment

Feedback - Positive

• Technology was easy to use.• Provided a central reference to library systems and external

resources.• Beneficial for initial planning of essays and basic knowledge

acquisition.• Video introductions related to specific objects were most valuable

asset in the delivery.• “Makes learning fun”• Enjoyed using the iPads working with peers.• Give a more realistic perspective – puts you “in” the situation. Makes

learning more exciting and interactive

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Feedback - Negative

• Some resources were already available online (Blackboard)• Students felt divorced from physical object; linking to web app

diluted the experience • Activity was prescribed and not aligned with some users research

methods consulting physical secondary texts.

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Feedback – Lessons Learned

• Use of AR should be more contextual and linked to the object.• Best used in short byte size learning chunks• Must deliver unique learning values different from online support

(e.g.VLE).• User should become less conscious of the technology and more

engaged with the learning/object.• Users learn in different ways and AR may not be appropriate to all

students.• Evaluation needed from other user groups and course areas.

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http://youtu.be/FgLCyJ1KwTA?t=6m31s

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Award WinningOur achievements

• Junaio certified

• Silver award for the Association for Learning

Technologists ‘Learning Technology of the Year’ team

award

• Awarded ‘Innovation in Education’ in the Higher

Education category at the inaugural Education

Innovation Conference

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SCARLET+Moving forward

Embedding the SCARLET methodology with two different types of collections (mass observations and visual arts) at the University of Sussex and the Craft Study Centre at the University for the Creative Arts.

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Dr. Lucy Robinson, lecturer in contemporary British history and University of Sussex academic lead on Scarlet+ projecthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPHzSFR6yi8 mimas.ac.uk

Other subject applicationsLibrary - Handing over the display cases…• Year 6 pupils from local schools will choose objects to label and share their thoughts

using AR• Could include:

• maps to show where the objects come from• videos of the pupils talking about the them • 3D AR versions of the objects so they can be rotated and viewed from all angles.

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Other subject applicationsGeology Field Trip

• The AR location based learning resource will aim to enhance Geology field trip with audio, images, 3d models and video.

• AR overlays highlight rock formations, evolution of changing topology and fossil beds

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Other subject applicationsLandmap • UKMap AR App allows students to interact

with different mapping layers from the UKMap database.

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DEMOS

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Medical School

Selected Presentations

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ELI 2012 Annual Meeting, Austin, US

UKSG 2012, Glasgow, UK

Electronic Resources and Libraries, Austin,

US

CNI meeting, Baltimore, US

LILAC 2012, Glasgow, UK

ELAG, Palma, Spain

PublicationsA Study in SCARLET – AR(t) Magazine, Issue 3

Augmented reality: a new vision for Special Collections. CILIP Update,

February 2012

The SCARLET Project: Augmented Reality in special collections, SCONUL

Focus 54

Augmented Reality in Education: The SCARLET+ Experience, Ariadne,

Issue 71

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Thank youKeep up to date

Detailed perspectives about AR in education

on our blog:

http://teamscarlet.wordpress.com

Twitter: @team_scarlet @ARdiscuss

Email list: ARDISCUSS@jiscmail.com

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Want to do some AR work with us?

Email: laura.skilton@manchester.ac.uk

or matthew.ramirez@manchester.ac.uk