New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores QR Codes

Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on February 20, 2009

QR codes are two-dimensional bar codes that can contain any alphanumeric text and that often feature URLs that direct users to sites where they can learn about an object or place (a practice known as “mobile tagging”). Decoding software on tools such as camera phones interprets the codes, which are increasingly found in places such as product labels, billboards, and buildings, inviting passers-by to pull out their mobile phones and uncover the encoded information.

The 7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, explores how QR codes link the physical world with the virtual by providing on-the-spot access to descriptive language and online resources for objects and locations. In this way, the codes support experiential learning, bringing scholarship out of the classroom and into physical experience.

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		New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores QR Codes Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on February 20, 2009 QR codes are two-dimensional bar codes that can contain any alphanumeric text and that often feature URLs that direct users to sites where they can learn about an object or place (a practice known as “mobile tagging”). Decoding software on tools such as camera phones interprets the codes, which are increasingly found in places such as product labels, billboards, and buildings, inviting passers-by to pull out their mobile phones and uncover the encoded information. The 7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, explores how QR codes link the physical world with the virtual by providing on-the-spot access to descriptive language and online resources for objects and locations. In this way, the codes support experiential learning, bringing scholarship out of the classroom and into physical experience. Browse the complete 7 Things You Should Know About… monthly series. EDUCAUSE News \| 7 Things You Should Know About \| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative \| ELI \| Mobile Learning \| QR codes \| Teaching and Learning Peggy's blog Login or register to post comments 650 reads
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