“Young Archaeologists” is a locally- funded research project, which is focused on the investigation of inquiry-based AR mobile learning in archaeological and cultural settings. Employing a design- based approach, the overall goal of the project is to collect multiple empirical data through a set of iterative studies about the nature of students’ historical learning in archaeological and cultural settings based on the inquiry-based AR mobile learning approach. As part of this project, the “Young Archaeologists” AR learning environment, which is addressed to 3rd and 4th graders, has been developed. The learning environment takes place at the Neolithic archaeological site of Choirokoitia. As part of the design-based approach, the main efforts of the project are focused the development of an evidence-based framework reflecting the affordances and challenges of the inquiry-based AR mobile learning in archaeological and cultural settings; these efforts will also guide the design and re-design, improvement and finalization of the “Young Archaeologists” AR learning environment.
Read more about “Young Archaeologists” program for schools.
Focus: Inquiry-based AR mobile learning in archaeological and cultural settings
Funding: Locally-funded project
Status: Ongoing
Related Publications
Efstathiou, I., Kyza, E. A. & Georgiou, Y. (2017). An inquiry-based augmented reality mobile learning approach to fostering primary school students’ historical reasoning in non-formal settings. Interactive Learning Environments, 26(1), 22-41.
Kyza, E. A., & Georgiou, Y. (2016). Digital tools for enriching informal inquiry-based mobile learning: The design of the TraceReaders location-based augmented reality learning platform. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Gaming – 15th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry, VRCAI 2016, 195-198.
