Helping educators to deploy CSCL scripts into mainstream VLEs that integrate third-party Web and Augmented Reality tools

This paper presents a novel system for helping educators to create ComputerSupported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) scripts that make use of Augmented Reality (AR) resources and tools. The presented system is also capable of deploying the created CSCL scripts into mainstream Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). Such deployments integrate into the VLE of choice third-party web and AR resources according to the pedagogical decisions of the educators. Also, the paper describes a motivating non-trivial CSCL script that includes AR resources, and illustrates how a prototype of the proposed system supports educators in the design, instantiation, deployment, and enactment of the script. The final goal of the research reported in this paper is to provide means for a gradual appropriation of AR technologies within collaborative learning practices in technology-enhanced classrooms.