A case study for emerging technologies and the potential applications of AR in higher education

The modernization of educational processes and the transition from traditional to modern methods using emerging technologies, represent significant challenges and contributions to education all over the world. This shift in paradigm began to take shape at an accelerated pace with the recent transition from classic courses to online or hybrid ones, requiring adaptation from both teachers and students. This paper presents a review of current research and applications that focus on emerging technologies, highlighting the benefits offered from an educational perspective. A solution based on a mobile application with huge potential in gamification is proposed. The application is hosted on a platform intended for a varied and quite extensive audience, being used from self-guided tours to outdoor games. With such tools, learning environments can take education to another level, captivating and motivating students to discover and complete the tasks created in the application. To be on track with the latest technologies and be aligned with the emerging trends in the education domain, it is required to design and develop robust architectures with user-friendly interfaces, easy to use by the end-users and with concrete impact on the learning process.