Effectiveness of Augmented Reality using Cloud Education System to Enhance Critical Thinking

Abstract

The study was made to experiment and explore the effectiveness of augmented reality-based Cloud education systems on critical thinking of the students in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 epidemic. Augmented Reality (AR) can help reduce social and business impact while supporting business continuity through epidemics. The study adopted an experimental research design, wherein 42 samples were considered. For the study; Concept visualization, Concept perception, Concept correlation with the real world, Interactive, Concept inferential, and interpretation were considered as study variables associated with critical thinking. The analysis for the study was conducted using SPSS- 23 Application. The study indicated that both male and female respondents agree that the augmented reality helping them better visualize, perceive, interpret, and correlate it with the real world than other conventional and traditional teaching methods. Further, it was identified that Critical thinking of students is strong with Concept visualization, Concept perception, Concept correlation with the real world, Interactive, Concept inferential, and interpretation.