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What is Quick Response (QR) Code

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Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A bidimensional code (it displays information in both vertical and horizontal directions) that can hold larger amounts and different kinds of contents (e.g., website addresses, texts, numerical information, contact details) than a normal bar code (monodimensional). The information stored in a QR code can be readily decoded and accessed by a mobile device with an embedded camera and free code reading software installed.
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Ubiquitous Professional Training for Teachers using the uProf! Model
Sabrina Leone (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy) and Giovanni Biancofiore (giovannibiancofiore.com, Italy)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch729
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Chapter 44
Teacher Training and Social Media: Using a Multi-Author Blog for Lifelong Learning
A two-dimensional code whose content (text, link and other data) can be decoded and read at high speed by smartphones and others mobile devices.
Published in Chapter: Teacher Training and Social Media: Using a Multi-Author Blog for Lifelong Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
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Chapter 9
Digital Resources and Approaches Adopted by User-Centred Museums: The Growing Impact of the Internet and Social Media
Is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode); a barcode is an optically machine-readable label that is attached to an item and that records information related to that item. Typically, a smartphone is used as a QR-code scanner, displaying the code and converting it to some useful form (such as a standard URL for a website, thereby obviating the need for a user to type it manually into a web browser) (Wikipedia, n. d.d).
Published in Chapter: Digital Resources and Approaches Adopted by User-Centred Museums: The Growing Impact of the Internet and Social Media; From: Handbook of Research on Management of Cultural Products: E-Relationship Marketing and Accessibility Perspectives
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A New Frontier in the Satisfaction of the Cultural Tourist: The QR Code
Is a two-dimensional barcodes formed by modules that are arranged within a square matrix. It may be read by any smartphone or mobile device provided with camera and software. The information, encoded in it, can be either text but also multimedia or websites.
Published in Chapter: A New Frontier in the Satisfaction of the Cultural Tourist: The QR Code; From: Handbook of Research on Management of Cultural Products: E-Relationship Marketing and Accessibility Perspectives
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