This study re-imagines the built environment as a learning experience design that ties in with the big vision of a sustainable future propelled by the global focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It serves as an innovative way forward within a context where scholars have long lamented the absence of an integrated approach to sustainability education (McCullough, 2014; Salman & Riley, 2019; Schiller et al., 2012). The design is undergirded by an Augmented Reality Learning (ARL) platform that enabled a technologically mediated tour of a solar demonstration house for college and high school students (aged 15-20 years) to learn about sustainable engineering design concepts. Students were guided to focus on specific engineering design concepts and to respond to assessments on a mobile app on their touch screens while observing the physical features of the solar house. Methodologically, design based research (DBR) was carried out through several design iterations. For data collection and analyses, the study drew on digital ethnography and interaction analysis. Data sources included video recordings and open ended post interviews supported by pre-and post-tests, and analytics from the ARL platform. Data was analyzed using multimodal interaction analysis where learner interactions were examined through the three pronged theoretical lens of 'place-embodiment-meaning making'. Findings revealed that the embedded curricular frames of ‘analyze-design-evaluate’ allowed learners to notice and uptake design concepts. Moreover, learners coordinated their sensorimotor capacities (i.e., gaze, touch, speech, spatial positioning) and the technological content as a mutually constitutive strategy for design-focused learning.

Authors:
Fariha Hayat Salman, Iqra University, Pakistan

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Fariha is Associate Professor and Director at Iqra University. Her research reconceptualizes the built environment as a tech-infused pedagogical solution to teach sustainable engineering designs.

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