TY - GEN
T1 - Place-based learning through a proxy - Variations in the perceived benefits of a virtual tour
AU - Wallgrun, Jan Oliver
AU - Knapp, Eric
AU - Taylor, Alan
AU - Klippel, Alexander
AU - Zhao, Jiayan
AU - Sajjadi, Pejman
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided by the Pacific Southwest Research Station (19-JV-11272167-035).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Immersive Learning Research Network.
PY - 2021/5/17
Y1 - 2021/5/17
N2 - Place-based and fieldwork learning play a key role in higher education in environmental sciences and other geospatial disciplines. We report on a study in which we evaluated a web-based virtual tour application for teaching natural resource management in fire-prone western forests in two undergraduate classes. The virtual tour uses 360°-image-based virtual scenes and pre-recorded audio commentary by a domain expert to lead participants through the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest where forest treatments were implemented to reduce fire hazard. We present results from assessing students' overall perception of the virtual tour, their views towards its application in undergraduate education, and their feedback for improving the design of future virtual tours. Furthermore, we discuss the collected data from the perspective of gender differences and differences in familiarity with the topic of the tour.
AB - Place-based and fieldwork learning play a key role in higher education in environmental sciences and other geospatial disciplines. We report on a study in which we evaluated a web-based virtual tour application for teaching natural resource management in fire-prone western forests in two undergraduate classes. The virtual tour uses 360°-image-based virtual scenes and pre-recorded audio commentary by a domain expert to lead participants through the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest where forest treatments were implemented to reduce fire hazard. We present results from assessing students' overall perception of the virtual tour, their views towards its application in undergraduate education, and their feedback for improving the design of future virtual tours. Furthermore, we discuss the collected data from the perspective of gender differences and differences in familiarity with the topic of the tour.
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U2 - 10.23919/iLRN52045.2021.9459380
DO - 10.23919/iLRN52045.2021.9459380
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85113675371
T3 - Proceedings of 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2021
BT - Proceedings of 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2021
A2 - Economou, Daphne
A2 - Pena-Rios, Anasol
A2 - Dengel, Andreas
A2 - Dodds, Heather
A2 - Mentzelopoulos, Markos
A2 - Klippel, Alexander
A2 - Erenli, Kai
A2 - Lee, Mark J. W.
A2 - Richter, Jonathon
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2021
Y2 - 17 May 2021 through 10 June 2021
ER -