Virtual Field Trips: Using Google Maps to Support Online Learning and Teaching of the History of Astronomy

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-96
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Fluke
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
History Of Astronomy ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Google Maps ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
History Of

The Story of Ice

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Gutierrez ◽  
Natalie Bursztyn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Geologic History ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
History Of ◽  
Actual Field

Increasing enrollment and costs in introductory geoscience classes are making the logistics of organizing on-location field trips challenging; but with modern technology, virtual field trips (VFTs) can provide a proxy. Students entering college today are digital natives with short attention spans, suggesting they would find a VFT appealing and easy to navigate. While not a replacement for an actual field trip, VTFs offer interactive alternatives to traditional lectures, and several have been successful in engaging and educating students. This proposed VFT utilizes the iconic geology of Yosemite National Park to teach the effects of climate change at geologic and anthropogenic timescales. The story is told along Yosemite's four roads and is designed for use as a roadside geology accompaniment in the park, or as a standalone interactive tool in the classroom. VFT stops narrate the geologic history of the area and use photos with illustrated overlays to further describe concepts.

Virtual Field Trips

2008 ◽  
pp. 978-987
Author(s):  
Dean T. Spaulding ◽  
Patricia A. Ranney
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
The Future ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
History Of

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a brief history of videoconferencing when used as virtual field trips in educational settings and to discuss some of the various aspects in which they can be implemented. In addition, this chapter focuses on the unique benefits to students and teachers noted in the literature that videoconferencing field trips can bring to the learning community and some of the challenges that many educators, eager to use this technology, have experienced. Speculation as to what the future will hold for virtual field trips and where the technology will possibly take us is also discussed.

Virtual Field Trips

2008 ◽  
pp. 191-199
Author(s):  
Dean T. Spaulding
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
The Future ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
History Of

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a brief history of videoconferencing when used as virtual field trips in educational settings and to discuss some of the various aspects in which they can be implemented. In addition, this chapter focuses on the unique benefits to students and teachers noted in the literature that videoconferencing field trips can bring to the learning community and some of the challenges that many educators, eager to use this technology, have experienced. Speculation as to what the future will hold for virtual field trips and where the technology will possibly take us is also discussed.

University professor approaches to case studies: virtual field trips

Prospects ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-539
Author(s):  
Luis Patron ◽  
Robert A. Ellis ◽  
Brendan F. D. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
University Professor

scholarly journals The Mid Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse: a comparison of virtual and on-location field-based capstone experiences

Solid Earth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2803-2820
Author(s):  
Steven Whitmeyer ◽  
Lynn Fichter ◽  
Anita Marshall ◽  
Hannah Liddle
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Field Experiences ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
Appalachian Orogen ◽  
Potential Benefits

Abstract. The Stratigraphy, Structure, Tectonics (SST) course at James Madison University incorporates a capstone project that traverses the Mid Atlantic region of the Appalachian Orogen and includes several all-day field trips. In the Fall 2020 semester, the SST field trips transitioned to a virtual format, due to restrictions from the COVID pandemic. The virtual field trip projects were developed in web-based Google Earth and incorporated other supplemental PowerPoint and PDF files. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the virtual field experiences in comparison with traditional on-location field trips, an online survey was sent to SST students that took the course virtually in Fall 2020 and to students that took the course in person in previous years. Instructors and students alike recognized that some aspects of on-location field learning, especially those with a tactile component, were not possible or effective in virtual field experiences. However, students recognized the value of virtual field experiences for reviewing and revisiting outcrops as well as noting the improved access to virtual outcrops for students with disabilities and the generally more inclusive experience of virtual field trips. Students highlighted the potential benefits for hybrid field experiences that incorporate both on-location outcrop investigations and virtual field trips, which is the preferred model for SST field experiences in Fall 2021 and into the future.

scholarly journals Teacher and pupil perspectives on the use of Virtual Field Trips as physically active lessons

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Norris ◽  
N. Shelton ◽  
S. Dunsmuir ◽  
O. Duke-Williams ◽  
E. Stamatakis
Keyword(s):  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Virtual Field

Virtual Field Trips for Long-Term Care Residents: A Feasibility Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Shaunfield ◽  
Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles ◽  
Debra Parker Oliver ◽  
George Demiris
Keyword(s):  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Virtual Field Trips ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Virtual Field
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