Foundation of Educational Technology Class

I had my very first lesson with Prof Bahruddin and being taught about the development of educational technology, product and process of it and differences between Augmented Reality (AR) and Birtual Reality (VR).

We have done some study on the web about the topic related and share our views and thoughts about it. It was an effective learning as each of us get to gather and share all the information that we've find in the web and it helps to strengthen our knowledge on the topic.

Besides that, we were assign a task individually to prepare a presentation to compare two different types of ICT products. And I've decided to compare hottest and trendy product: Iphone 5S and Samsung Note 3.
As it was my first presentation, I was very nervous and I think that I could have done it better.
I will try my best to improve on the coming presentation.

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Anyway, here's a little sum up of the topic I've learnt.

Augmented Reality:
The blending of virtual reality and real life as developers can create images within applications that blend in with contents in the real world. With AR, users are able to interact with virtual contents in the real world. It is widely use by doctor in operating room.

Virtual Reality:
The creation of a virtual world that users can interact with. The virtual world should be designed in such a way that users would find it difficult to tell the difference from what is real and what is not.

Differences:
With AR, users continue to be in touch with the real world while interacting with virtual objects around them. With VR, the user is isolated from the real world while immersed in a world that is completely fabricated. VR work better for video games and social networking in a virtual environment.

Also, here's some useful journals:

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology - ascilite
mojet - Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology
tojet - The Turkish /online Journal of Educational Technology