Aredapps: integrating mobile augmented reality in orthographic projection teaching and learning

Abstract

Engineering drawing course is one of the compulsory curricula in almost all engineering faculty. This course helps familiarize students with the must possess skills for engineers known as engineering drawing skills and visualization skill. However, there are some limitations to the previous teaching and learning methods which does not include an emphasis on the development of students' visualization skills and concept understanding. Instead, it leads the students to incorporate the trial and error method while solving the task that requires visualization. This paper introduces Augmented Reality Engineering Drawing Apps (AREDApps) as a new approach in the teaching and learning of orthographic projection, which is one of the important but critical topics in engineering drawing syllabus. A total of 30 respondents has participated in this study, which requires them to use AREDApps during teaching and learning session. The results of the evaluation that has been conducted among the respondents indicate a favorable agreement on the constructs studied in this paper. These findings show that AREDApps have great potential for the revolution of teaching and learning in the classrooms.