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The current work aims to study the degree of diffusion of AR technology and teachers\u2019 opinion about the need for continuous training, the process of creating 3D models, and the feasibility of AR applications development by teachers and students in school settings. Teachers are the common element in every different educational system and play a key role in the integration and acceptance of technology in education. Qualitative research was conducted in February 2019 in rural and suburban areas of North-Western Greece on secondary education teachers of different specialties and the results showed that AR applications development is feasible under certain conditions, including the limitation of the curriculum as the main negative factor and the teacher\u2019s personality and the desire for co-operation among teachers of different specialties as positive factors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/educsci9020099","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,13]],"date-time":"2019-05-13T05:35:39Z","timestamp":1557725739000},"page":"99","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":161,"title":["Augmented Reality Applications in Education: Teachers Point of View"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Stavroula","family":"Tzima","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4799-4626","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Georgios","family":"Styliaras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Athanasios","family":"Bassounas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Directorate of P&amp;S Education of Epirus, 45444 Ioannina, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Kristiansen, E. 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