About
WeathAR is a technology-enhanced learning environment that uses augmented reality and a Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset to teach children aged 11 and 12 about Meteorology, specifically cloud formation and the different types of clouds.
Meteorology is a science that cannot be experimented with in real life, due to a lack of knowledge about the atmosphere. Therefore, the motivation for WeathAR was to create a learning environment that allows the children to experiment with weather.
WeathAR achieves this because the children interact with an AR-based virtual environment and virtual tools that represent different meteorological factors. The children use these to experiment and create different clouds, mimicking a real-life science experiment.
The Prototype
The video below is a walkthrough of the mid-fidelity prototype, created using Adobe XD. The prototype's interactions are completed using a mouse click and a white arrow, this would be replaced with physical interactions in the final version.
The learning environment relies heavily on the constructivism and constructionism teaching pedagogies, since the children learn through active construction, experimenting with the meteorological factors/tools that influence cloud formation.
The learning environment also uses concepts of cognitivism and behaviourism, and motivation through its use of the astronaut avatar, rewards and gamification.
