Wearable Learning Tools

Jerry Bowskill; Nick Dyer

Association for Learning Technology Journal Vol. 7, No. 3 (1999) pp. 44–51

Describes wearable computers, or information and communication technology devices that are designed to be mobile. Discusses how such technologies can enhance computer-mediated communications, focusing on collaborative working for learning. Describes ...

Wearable Technology Acceptance Model: Google Glass

Joseph M Woodside

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1800–1802

One of the latest trends in BYOT is wearable tech such as Google Glass. While there exist significant learning capabilities to wearable tech, there are also significant technical challenges along with learning model and organizational adaptation....

Topics: Wearable Technologies

Wearable Technology in Schools: Theoretical Support for Practical Implementation

Stephanie Barbee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1129–1132

Wearables are beginning to emerge in the K-12 environment. Research suggests that wearable devices will have a substantial impact in teaching, learning and creative inquiry within the next five years. The education sector is only beginning to...

Topics: Wearable Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

The tactics of wearable technology in the classroom

Terence C. Ahern; Matthew Anderson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1736–1738

This brief paper reports on a preliminary study that used Google Glass as a mechanism to inform student teachers on the execution of a lesson. The student-teachers were wearing Google Glass while teaching their class. This provided a teacher...

Topics: Wearable Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Wearable Technology: Improving Mathematical Classroom Discourse using Pivothead Eyeglasses

Esther Ntuli; Angie Godfrey

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1113–1118

Teacher questioning is integral to teaching and learning in mathematics classrooms Research indicates that purposeful questioning in mathematics classrooms engages, motivates, and deepens student understanding and critical thinking during...

Topics: Wearable Technologies

Teaching and Learning with Wearable Technologies

Bård Ketil Engen; Tonje Hilde Giæver; Louise Mifsud

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 1057–1067

This paper presents analysis and findings from a research-driven experimental study that was designed to explore the possibilities and challenges in using wearable computers for supporting learning activities The overall aim of the study was to...

Topics: research, Evaluation, Perspectives on Mobile Technologies for Learning

Wearable Technology: It Has a Place in Schools

Cindy Anderson; Anderson Kevin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1125–1128

Abstract: Wearable technology presents an opportunity for individuals to improve their standard of living. There are many devices such fit wristbands, smart watches, mood clothing, and even 3D printed exoskeletons that provide a benefit for schools....

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Special Education / Assistive Technology, Wearable Technologies

Utilizing Wearable Technologies as a Pathway to STEM

Bradley Barker; Jennifer Melander; Neal Grandgenett; Gwen Nugent

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1770–1776

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a pilot study that utilized a wearable technologies intervention as a way to increase attitudes towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) content areas for students in...

Topics: Engineering, Attitudes, Wearable Technologies

Comparative Analysis of Palm and Wearable Computers for Participatory Simulations

Eric Klopfer; Susan Yoon; Luz Rivas

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 20, No. 5 (October 2004) pp. 347–359

Recent educational computer-based technologies have offered promising lines of research that promote social constructivist learning goals, develop skills required to operate in a knowledge-based economy (Roschelle et al. 2000), and enable more...

IoT Enabled Wearable Device for COVID Safety and Emergencies

Santhosha Rao

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies Vol. 15, No. 3 (Feb 12, 2021) pp. 146–154

The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly changed the mindset of the people and over the period they started practicing healthy lifestyle to contain the spread of the virus. Despite this, increase in the number of cases and death rates...

Language: English

Teaching Engineering Design through Wearable Device Design Competition (Evaluation)

Elena N. Veety; Jesse S. Sur; Hannah K. Elliot; James E. Lamberth

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research Vol. 8, No. 2 (2018)

The Wearable Device Challenge was developed at the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST). The Challenge is rooted in the research and innovation ecosystem of the...

Google Glass: Using Wearable Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Teresa Coffman; Mary Beth Klinger

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1777–1780

More and more technology is an extension of ourselves. Wearable technologies such as Google Glass is no exception. It provides opportunities for Glass wearers to have seamless interaction with the world around them. To collaborate, create, and...

Topics: Creativity, Wearable Technologies

What are the educational affordances of wearable technologies?

Matt Bower; Daniel Sturman

Computers & Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 343–353

By providing users with hands-free access to contextually relevant knowledge, wearable technologies are poised to inspire a new generation of mobile learning design. However, in order for educators to harness the pedagogical opportunities of...

Language: English

Educational Behavior Apps and Wearable Devices: Current Research and Prospects

Heather Lowe

Educational Technology Vol. 56, No. 4 (2016) pp. 30–33

Dartmouth and MIT have developed educational behavior apps and wearable devices that collect contiguous streams of data from student users. Given the consent of the user, the app collects information about a student's physical activity, sleep...

Evaluation of Sports Visualization Based on Wearable Devices

Bin Wang

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 12, No. 12 (Dec 20, 2017) pp. 119–126

In order to visualize the physical education classroom in school, we create a visualized movement management system, which records the student's exercise data efficiently and stores data in the database that enables virtual reality client to call....

Wearable Technology and Childhood Fitness: Investigating Technology to Enhance Fitness Levels of Elementary Students

Stephanie Barbee; Miles Bennett

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1299–1304

Abstract: Wearable fitness devices such as the Polar H7, Fitbit, and Jawbone’s Up have permeated the consumer market with promises of increasing fitness levels. Preliminary research demonstrates support for this assertion. With obesity levels being...

Topics: Wearable Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Wearable Technologies to Promote STEM Learning and Attitudes

Gwen Nugent; Bradley Barker; Neal Grandgenett; Jenny Melander; Carl Nelson

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 878–883

Given their integration of engineering, computing, and fashion, wearable technologies promise to be an excellent interdisciplinary context to support student science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning and interest. The technology can ...

Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, research, Attitudes, Evaluation, Engineering

Surfing on the Wearable Tech: challenges for social participation

Sonia Lara; Concepcion Naval

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 2070–2075

It is a fact that wearable technologies are ubiquitous among young and not-so-young citizens. These gadgets provide the connection to apps what are characterized as having a great potential for fostering socialization and the sense of belonging to a ...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Socialization

Wearable Experience: New Educational Media for Knowledge Intensive Training

Mikhail Fominykh

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Vol. 2016, No. 1 (2016)

Wearable computing and augmented reality are disruptive technologies. They fundamentally change the way we educate and train people to a master level of performance. With advanced sensors we can capture experience as it emerges. For example, a...

Framing Wearing: Genre, Embodiment, and Exploring Wearable Technology in the Composition Classroom

Shane A. Wood

Computers and Composition Vol. 50, No. 1 (December 2018) pp. 66–77

This article provides a framework based on the bi-definitional nature of “wearing” as a means to explore how wearable technology can be taught and better understood in the composition classroom. Wearing can be defined in relation to material objects ...

Language: English

An Investigation into the Factors Influencing the Purchase Intentions of Smart Wearable Technology by Students

Evelyne Kasongo Kkonko; Norman Chiliya; Tinashe Chuchu; Tinashe Ndoro

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies Vol. 13, No. 5 (May 21, 2019) pp. 15–29

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors which influence the purchase intentions of Smart wearable technology by students in South Africa. The researchers, guided by literature developed a conceptual framework with five constructs,...

Language: English

Wearable Writing: Enriching Student Peer Review with Point-of-View Video Feedback Using Google Glass

Jason Chew Kit Tham

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Vol. 47, No. 1 (2017) pp. 22–55

As technology continues to become more ubiquitous and touches almost every aspect of the composing process, students and teachers are faced with new means to make writing a multimodal experience. This article embraces the emerging sector of wearable ...

Making a Case for Digital Inquiry: Using Wearable Video Technology to Engage in Perspective Taking and Inquiry

Cassidy Hall; Ricky Mullins; Melinda Davis; Jaap Vos

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 622–625

Technology integration and inquiry-based learning are not novel concepts. Nevertheless, the possibilities with integrating Pivothead Wearable Imaging technology lends a unique opportunity for impacting inquiry-based learning. In consideration of...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Case, Scenario, Problem, Project -based learning, Learning technologies for transformational change

Recording the World: The Potential of Using Wearable Technologies to Teach Social Studies

Ricky Mullins; Cassidy Hall; Judith Painter; Melinda Davis; Jaap Vos

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 134–137

In this paper we will discuss how a social studies teacher used Pivothead Wearable Imaging technology to document her experiences while participating in a trip to Antarctica funded by the Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Program, which is sponsored by...

Topics: social studies education, Wearable Technologies

The Perceived Intrinsic Value on English Learning in a Wearable 3D Virtual Reality Environment

Yu-Li Chen; Chun-Chia Hsu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1370–1373

Education transformation is inevitable in the contemporary era due to the evolution of technology. Educators should ponder the issues of what to teach, how to teach and, how to evaluate along with the features of technology. The purpose of the study ...

Topics: English Education, Wearable Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Wearable Cameras as a Tool to Capture Preservice Teachers? Marked and Recorded Noticing

Anne Estapa; Julie Amador

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 281–307

Teacher educators use a multitude of technological sources to enhance teachers? learning. More specifically, many teacher educators incorporate video as a tool for supporting preservice teachers to analyze noticing of pivotal classroom interactions; ...

Experimental Studies on Intelligent, Wearable and Automated Wireless Mobile Tele-Alert System for Continuous Cardiac Surveillance

S. Palanivel Rajan; R. Sukanesh

Journal of Applied Research and Technology Vol. 11, No. 1 (February 2013) pp. 133–143

Myocardial malfunctioning harms human health and since most people are affected by arrhythmia. It is one of the major causes for sudden death. The chance of occurrence of severe myocardial problem will be increased after the first heart block....

Language: English

Student Self-Efficacy in Learning English in a Wearable Virtual Reality Environment

Yu-Li Chen; Chun-Chia Hsu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1324–1327

The continuous advancement of technology has provided the possibilities and challenges of mobile devices for learning. The purpose of the study is to create a wearable virtual reality environment for English learning. A pilot study was conducted to...

Topics: Wearable Technologies

Design and Development of A Sitting Position Monitoring Tool Based on Wearable Devices

Min Mao; Li Ji; Weizhen Xu; Yujiong Liang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1328–1333

Sitting posture, as an important physiological indicator in the classroom that can measure students' classroom behavior, is widely used in educational research. This study combines the advantages and disadvantages of several posture monitoring...

Topics: Wearable Technologies, Technology Leadership, New Possibilities with Information Technologies

The World through Glass: Developing Novel Methods with Wearable Computing for Urban Videographic Research

Mark Paterson; Michael R. Glass

Journal of Geography in Higher Education Vol. 39, No. 2 (2015) pp. 275–287

Google Glass was deployed in an Urban Studies field course to gather videographic data for team-based student research projects. We evaluate the potential for wearable computing technology such as Glass, in combination with other mobile computing...

Design and Development of a Wearable Classroom Attention Measurement Tool Based on Sitting Posture

Qin Zhang; Min Mao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1334–1339

Learning analysis aims to fully exploit the meaning behind learner behavior data, and its data source is very critical. This study combines the embodied cognition theory and the cross-domain competition model, based on the initial research results...

Topics: Wearable Technologies

Wearable Technologies in the K-12 Classroom — Cross-disciplinary Possibilities and Privacy Pitfalls

Bård Ketil Engen; Tonje H. Giæver; Louise Mifsud

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 3 (July 2018) pp. 323–341

This qualitative study explored the opportunities and challenges of wearable computers for supporting learning activities. Specifically, we address the following: 1) whether, and if so how, wearable technologies can be used to support learning in...

An Experimental Use of Wearable Sensors for the Analysis of Learning Community

Takahiro Tagawa; Osamu Yamakawa; Yoichi Tanaka

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1794–1799

The purpose of this research is to investigate how we can observe, measure and evaluate student's learning activities inside group learning situation by using wearable sensors. We point out and propose some techniques of for the analysis of learning ...

Topics: Community, Assessment and E-Folios, Wearable Technologies

Let's Get Physical: K-12 Students Using Wearable Devices to Obtain and Learn about Data from Physical Activities

Victor R. Lee; Joel Drake; Kylie Williamson

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 59, No. 4 (July 2015) pp. 46–53

Accessibility to wearable technology has exploded in the last decade. As such, this technology has potential to be used in classrooms in uniquely interactive and personally meaningful ways. Seeing this as a possible future for schools, we have been...

A Study of the Use of Wearable Devices for Healthy and Enjoyable English as a Foreign Language Learning in Authentic Contexts

Rustam Shadiev; Wu-Yuin Hwang; Tzu-Yu Liu

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 21, No. 4 (2018) pp. 217–231

We designed an English as a foreign language (EFL) learning activity supported by smart watches to combine EFL learning with physical exercise such as walking around the school community. We tested the feasibility of our approach to facilitate EFL...

The Future's Future: Implications of Emerging Technology for Special Education Program Planning

Fred T. Hofstetter

Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 16, No. 4 (2001) pp. 7–13

This article reviews emerging technologies, imagines how they can be used to help learners with special needs, and recommends new special education program initiatives to help these students make a meaningful transition from school to work. Wearable ...

Reflections on Educational Technology

Victor Sohmen

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 1630–1634

An exciting trend of the 21st century is that possible combinations and interactions of the various technologies will be of major importance. The main driving force of social change will be IT which seems to be on the verge of acceleration due to...

Topics: Computers, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence, E-Learning Trends and Innovations (social learning, mobile, augmented etc.)

The Quantified Self (QS) Movement and Some Emerging Opportunities for the Educational Technology Field

Victor R. Lee

Educational Technology Vol. 53, No. 6 (2013) pp. 39–42

The Quantified Self (QS) movement is a growing global effort to use new mobile and wearable technologies to automatically obtain personal data about everyday activities. The social and material infrastructure associated with the Quantified Self (QS) ...

First-Person Videography, a Novel Technology for Teacher Evaluation

Louis Rosenberg; James Gentilucci; James Brescia

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2292–2302

School administrators have limited time available to perform teacher observations. As a result, classroom observations are often perfunctory and fail to provide insights that lead to improved teaching. First-Person Videography is a novel...

For All Students Everywhere: Technology Means Independence in a Beautiful Digital World

Tina Childress

Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education Vol. 16 (2015) pp. 56–59

Technology benefits everyone, but perhaps especially deaf and hard of hearing students; it allows them direct access to the world around them and continued connection with others. Technology can mean increased access, independence, and self-reliance....

Education Applications of 3D Technology

Aritra Ghosh; Victoria Brown; Shihong Huang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 426–436

Online learning has become an integral part of higher education. Although it is an extension of distance learning, the medium requires new modes of presentation and interaction to ensure high quality and student motivation. Virtual Reality (VR) has...

Topics: Games & Simulations

Comparing Technology-Mediated Learning Environments

Tina Heafner; Nicholas Triplett

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 862–869

This project employs a quasi-experimental, mixed methods design to examine how pedagogy and learning outcomes are influenced by technology mediated learning contexts implemented across different academic subjects, classrooms and using different...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Distance/Flexible Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Electronic nomads? Implications of trends in adolescents' use of communication and information technology

Glenn Russell; David Holmes

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1996)

Adolescents' increased use of electronic over print-based information technologies is radically accelerated today by the rapid development and convergence of interactive technologies. Enhanced interactivity via communication technologies or...

Language: English

Topics: Adolescents, Information Communication Technologies

Technology-Supported Orchestration Matters: Outperforming Paper-Based Scripting in a Jigsaw Classroom

Mara Balestrini; Davinia Hernandez-Leo; Raul Nieves; Josep Blat

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Vol. 7, No. 1 (2014) pp. 17–30

Under the umbrella of ubiquitous technologies, many computational artifacts have been designed to enhance the learning experience in physical settings such as classrooms or playgrounds, but few of them focus on aiding orchestration. This paper...

Can a Technology Teach Meditation? Experiencing the EEG Headband InteraXon Muse as a Meditation Guide

Caroline Stockman

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 15, No. 8 (Apr 24, 2020) pp. 83–99

Mobile and wearable technology now offers new avenues for technology-supported meditation practice and learning. Through a qualitative-dominant con-vergent parallel design, this study explored new empirical findings on the human perception of such...

Language: English

2017 NMC Technology Outlook: Nordic Schools

S. Adams Becker; M. Cummins; A. Freeman; K. Rose

(2017)

The 2017 NMC Technology Outlook for Nordic Schools: A Horizon Project Regional Report reflects a collaborative research effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education to inform Nordic school leaders and...

2013 Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education

L. Johnson; S. Adams Becker; V. Estrada; S. Martín

(2013)

The Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2013-2018: An NMC Horizon Project Sector Analysis was released as a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Centro Superior para la Enseñanza Virtual (CSEV), Departamento de...

Technology Integration Professional Development for Rural Educators

Melinda Davis; Cassidy Hall

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1808–1817

Effective technology integration professional development for rural K-12 educators must help teachers realize the impact of effective classroom technology use, be easy to implement, be usable with limited resources, and build upon prior knowledge...

Topics: Rural community learning and technology

2013 Technology Outlook for Australian Tertiary Education

L. Johnson; S. Adams Becker; M. Cummins; A. Freeman; D. Ifenthaler; N. Vardaxis

(2013)

The New Media Consortium and Open Universities Australia jointly released the Technology Outlook for Australian Tertiary Education 2013-2018: An NMC Horizon Project Regional Analysis. This report applies the process developed for the NMC Horizon...

2016 NMC Technology Outlook: Australian Tertiary Education

S. Adams Becker; M. Cummins; A. Davis; B. Yuhnke

(2016)

The 2016 NMC Technology Outlook for Australian Tertiary Education: A Horizon Project Regional Report reflects a collaborative research effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and Open Universities Australia to inform Australian campus leaders...