How can you make AR storytelling engaging for education?

1 Define your audience and goals

Before you start creating your AR story, you need to define your target audience and your learning goals. Who are you designing for? What do you want them to learn, feel, or do? How will you measure their success? These questions will help you shape your story and choose the appropriate AR tools and content.

2 Choose a relevant and compelling theme

Your AR story should have a clear and relevant theme that connects to your learning goals and your audience's interests. For example, if you are teaching history, you could create an AR story that transports your learners to a historical setting and lets them interact with characters and events. Or if you are teaching science, you could create an AR story that shows the effects of climate change or the workings of the human body. Your theme should be engaging, meaningful, and realistic.

3 Use interactive and multimodal elements

One of the advantages of AR is that it can provide multiple modes of communication and interaction, such as audio, video, text, images, animations, and gestures. You can use these elements to enrich your AR story and make it more appealing and memorable. For example, you could use voice-overs, sound effects, or music to create a mood or convey information. You could use videos, images, or animations to illustrate concepts or scenarios. You could use text or icons to provide instructions or feedback. You could also use gestures, touch, or markers to enable your learners to manipulate or explore the AR content.

4 Balance guidance and autonomy

Your AR story should provide enough guidance and support for your learners to follow and understand the story, but also enough autonomy and choice for them to feel involved and challenged. You can balance guidance and autonomy by using different types of AR interactions, such as guided tours, quizzes, games, puzzles, or simulations. You can also use different levels of difficulty, feedback, and hints to adapt to your learners' needs and preferences.

5 Test and refine your AR story

Finally, you should test and refine your AR story before you launch it to your learners. You should check for technical issues, usability, accessibility, and compatibility with different devices and platforms. You should also evaluate the effectiveness and engagement of your AR story, by collecting feedback from your learners, observing their behavior and reactions, and measuring their learning outcomes. You should use this data to improve your AR story and make it more engaging and educational.

6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?