Students' Attitudes toward the Application of Mobile Augmented Reality in Higher Education

• Published in: Društvena istraživanja Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 535 - 554
• Main Authors: Stojsic, Ivan, Ivkov-Dzigurski, Andelija, Maricic, Olja, Stanisavljevic, Jelena, Jovanov, Jelena Milankovic, Visnic, Tamara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zagreb Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar 01-10-2020; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar; Institut Drustvenih Znanosti Ivo Pilar; Institut Drustvenih Znasnosti Ivo Pilar
• Subjects: Application; Attitudes; Augmentation; Augmented Reality; Education; Educational technology; Higher Education; ICT Information and Communications Technologies; Learning; Mathematics; Methodology and research technology; Multimedia; Public opinion; Science and technology; Serbia; Smartphones; Social Informatics; STEM education; Student attitudes; Students; Teaching; Textbooks; Serbia; augmented textbook; students' attitudes; augmented reality; higher education
• ISSN: 1330-0288; 1848-6096
• DOI: 10.5559/di.29.4.02

Virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have emerged from the framework of academic and industrial laboratories and have acquired global attention. Currently, the focus shifted from the technologies themselves to finding adequate teaching and learning applications. In this paper, the students' attitudes toward the application of mobile AR (MAR) in higher education (HE) were researched (with a focus on augmented textbooks). The results showed that the students have a mostly positive attitude, and it is concluded that there was no statistically significant difference between the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and non-STEM students' opinions regarding this topic. Based on the results, the further research and integration of this technology into HE settings can be suggested.