Seeing the Trees of the Forest: Practicing Creativity with AR Technology in an Arboretum Setting

• In Event: CLT - STEM Education, Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Creativity

Short Description

Existing Augmented Reality designs reflect a widening interest in STEM education, but AR and context-aware mobile technologies also offer opportunities for practicing skills that enrich creativity across disciplines. During this presentation, educators and instructional designers will understand how beacons in an arboretum setting can pair with Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices to blend the embodied experience of writing poetry with virtual examples of how writers and scholars have leveraged skills of observation for later creative successes.

Authors

• Joseph Bueter, Penn State University

• Susan Land

• Chrystal Maggiore, Penn State University