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Wearables in Education: Expectations and Disappointments

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This paper describes the current state in the use of wearable technology in learning and teaching. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the wide dissemination of wearable technology in everyday life. Today various types of wearables (such as watches, fitness trackers, clothing and glasses) are used in libraries, medical schools and universities. We have analysed more than 30 academic sources and found out that the emergence of new technologies in the classroom is almost always associated with high expectations of its effective implementation. The main aim of our theoretical research is to identify the examples of successful pilots in wearable learning and perhaps we tried to predict the possible barriers and problems in using new wearables (such as Google Glass) in the classroom. The results of our research will be used in further large scale projects and can be helpful for understanding the new trends in using emerging technologies in education.

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    Daniyar Sapargaliyev

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  1. HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education, pokfulam, Hong Kong

    Jeanne Lam

  2. Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong

    Kwan Keung Ng

  3. The Open University of Hong Kong, Homantin, Hong Kong

    Simon K.S. Cheung

  4. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong

    Tak Lam Wong

  5. The Open University of Hong Kong, Homantin, Hong Kong

    Kam Cheong Li

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    Fu Lee Wang

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Sapargaliyev, D. (2015). Wearables in Education: Expectations and Disappointments. In: Lam, J., Ng, K., Cheung, S., Wong, T., Li, K., Wang, F. (eds) Technology in Education. Technology-Mediated Proactive Learning. ICTE 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 559. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48978-9_7

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