Wearable devices are a popular class of portable ubiquitous technology, which is available in a variety of forms. The fact that smart wearable devices are attached to the body makes them particularly suitable to be integrated into people’s daily lives. We propose that wearables can be particularly useful to help people make sense of different kinds of information and situations in the course of their everyday activities, in other words, to help support learning in everyday life. While there are research on wearable use in the learning context, it is mostly limited to specific settings and usually only explores wearable use for a specific task. The smartwatch/wristband, followed by the smart glasses, was the most preferred wearable form factor to support learning.
Paper published: Research on Wearable Technologies for Learning: A Systematic Review