The use of mobile devices to access the resources on the specific AR App gives an increased access to a whole new way of learning at any given time. The developed resources can be utilised and shared easily with the wider Prison institution and offender learning communities.
Hildebrandt (2015) suggests that the process for learners is online to on-life, giving offenders a wider understanding of digital progress in everyday life. This enables a smoother transition and reintegration. Educators in prison settings need to provide a wide range of teaching material and resources tailored to different learning styles and contexts, whilst also developing their own skills. This allows providers to be flexible in their approach and to develop quality processes and support systems, to plan for and cope with flexible learning and the impact on learner behaviours and demands.
AR can provide access to learning support, course content, assessment and feedback. Technology also allows content to be personalised to the student, delivering content flexibility shaped to a student’s pace of learning, wants or needs. This is reflecting learning in an environment that is changing with a potential huge digital reach. This means learning environments in prisons are set for a significant change, with a desire for collaborative methods of teaching and learning.
For prison learners, interactive learning offers flexibilities in what is learned, how it is learned and where it is learned. This can provide new means of accessing resources and information, such as AR, which can make most virtual eLearning accessible. Teachers and learning support staff in prison settings need to provide a wide range of teaching material and resources tailored to different learning styles and contexts, also developing their own skills to utilise them. This allows providers to be flexible in their approach and to develop quality processes and support systems, to plan for and cope with flexible learning and the impact on learner behaviours and demands. Both Learner and teacher feedback reinforced the need and benefits.
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