The Potential of Using Google Expeditions and Google Lens Tools under STEM-education in Ukraine

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of augmented reality tools like Google Expeditions and Google Lens to enhance STEM education in Ukraine, highlighting benefits, challenges, and development needs.

Contribution

It analyzes the features and educational potential of Google Expeditions and Google Lens within Ukrainian STEM education, proposing development strategies.

Findings

AR tools can boost student motivation in STEM learning

There are significant barriers like lack of awareness and Ukrainian-language support

Recommendations include involving specialists to develop pedagogical resources

Abstract

The expediency of using the augmented reality in the case of using of STEM-education in Ukraine is shown. The features of the augmented reality and its classification are described. The possibilities of using the Google Expeditions and Google Lens as platforms of the augmented reality is analyzed. A comparison, analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction was carried out to study the potential of using augmented reality platforms in the educational process. Main haracteristics of Google Expeditions and Google Lens are described. There determined that augmented reality tools can improve students motivation to learn and correspond to trends of STEM-education. However, there problems of using of augmented reality platforms, such as the lack of awareness of this system by teachers, the lack of guidance, the absence of the Ukrainian-language interface and responding of educational programs of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. There proposed to involve methodical and pedagogical specialists to development of methodical provision of the tools of augmented reality.