Exploring the educational potential of QR codes

Education through the past years has changed the way teaching and learning is inculcated to the new generation. The rapid growth of technology has accelerated the change in teaching methods and has given birth to new methods like distance learning and online learning, where lectures notes and material are shared via educational platforms. This leaves traditional face to face lecture session to a discussion type session where tutor and student discuss about topics and do more class activity. Technology offers new ways in transferring data and information in large amounts very rapidly and also offers the accessibility not only to large information pools such as the internet but also offers access to online storage remotely accessible. One way education can benefit from this is to make use of Quick Response (QR) Code. With its potential, QR Codes can be exploited to change the ways both tutors and students interact in class. This can be achieved by combining Mobile technology, Quick Response Code technology and Cloud technology.