A Study of Campus Butterfly Ecology Learning System Based on Augmented Reality and Mobile Learning

This study used augmented reality and mobile learning technologies to design a virtual butterfly ecological environment for learning butterfly ecology. Students can breed virtual caterpillars on host plants using smart phones, and become familiar with butterfly´s life cycle by observing their growth. The virtual campus butterfly ecological environment can reduce the difficulty of building and managing a real butterfly garden, and solve the problems of insufficient species and amount of butterflies. Providing a context-aware learning environment, the system can enhance students´ learning motivation and interest via virtual breeding and observation activities. Thus, it can be used as an assistant tool for learning butterfly ecology in elementary and junior high schools.