Tuesday, July 7, 2009

QR Codes in Education

We stumbled across this on the web on potential ways of using QR codes in learning and teaching.
  • Create a treasure hunt in the city of the bush that have QR codes stuck onto them that link students with questions or information that is important to that place they have actually arrived at.
  • Create a Multiple Choice test that has QR codes in the place of answers with the students required to scan their answers for automatic correction of test results. http://www.semapedia.com/ generates your codes into a PDF document.
  • Have the students create their own QR codes or submit an assignment as a QR code
  • Include QR codes on printed worksheets to allow students to link to further reading online
Also refer to this paper by Professor Andy Ramsden of the University of Bath on QR codes in education for further reference.

CFDL QR Code

QR (Quick Response) Code designed by the Japanese which enables people to respond quickly to information. Mobile phones with a camera will be able to read this code generated.
For a demonstration of this technology go to: http://reader.kaywa.com/
If you have a mobile phone with the latest technology, try and unravel the QR Code below.