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Learning human anatomy using ARA mobile application
International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems
  • Samia Loucif, Zayed University
  • Murad Al-Rajab, Alhosn University
  • Reem Salem, Alhosn University
  • Abdullah Hesham, Alhosn University
  • Doaa Mahely, Alhosn University
  • Mhd Alaa Ajlouni, Alhosn University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract

© 2019 University of Bahrain. All rights reserved. Smartphones with mobile applications have become part of everyday life, as they transformed the ways people manage their tasks. Many fields and sectors are using mobile applications to facilitate their services. Education is an important field that can utilize the various features of mobile applications to assist students and educators. Students are learning several subjects and concepts in schools, including biology. With traditional teaching methods, students may face difficulties in grasping knowledge about human anatomy. This can affect the teaching effectiveness, students' learning process, their engagement in class, and their academic performance. To take full advantage of the technological tools available in the market and to improve teaching effectiveness in the biology field, this paper proposes an Augmented Reality Anatomy mobile application (ARA for short). With ARA, students can learn about human anatomy and organs using augmented reality technology. Among the interesting features of ARA are: Visualizing human anatomy as 3D models, examining the different human organs, controlling their visibility, recognizing drawings of organs, learning about each organ structure, function, and how to keep it healthy, and taking pictures and sharing them using social media platforms. More importantly, the proposed application enables the visualization of human anatomy without resorting to the marker tracking method. To evaluate the usefulness and the usability of the proposed application, the latter has been tested with students at the Genius Kids Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Positive feedback has been received from students who have enjoyed learning and interacting with human anatomy.

Publisher
University of Bahrain
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Anatomy,
  • Apps,
  • Augmented Reality,
  • Biology,
  • Education,
  • Smartphones
Scopus ID
85077586423
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series
Citation Information
Samia Loucif, Murad Al-Rajab, Reem Salem, Abdullah Hesham, et al.. "Learning human anatomy using ARA mobile application" International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems Vol. 8 Iss. 6 (2019) p. 589 - 596 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/2210-142X" target="_blank">2210-142X</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/samia-loucif/1/