Footprints in the Sky: Using Student Track Logs from a "Bird's Eye View" Virtual Field Trip to Enhance Learning

Autor/inn/en	Treves, Richard; Viterbo, Paolo; Haklay, Mordechai
Titel	Footprints in the Sky: Using Student Track Logs from a "Bird's Eye View" Virtual Field Trip to Enhance Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39 (2015) 1, S.97-110 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2014.1003798
Schlagwörter	Field Trips; Virtual Classrooms; Computer Simulation; Visualization; Animation; Data Collection; Technology Uses in Education; Paleontology; Maps; Teaching Methods; Educational Practices; Higher Education; Computer Software; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Exkursion; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Paläontologie; Map; Karte; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Research into virtual field trips (VFTs) started in the 1990s but, only recently, the maturing technology of devices and networks has made them viable options for educational settings. By considering an experiment, the learning benefits of logging the movement of students within a VFT are shown. The data are visualized by two techniques: "animated path maps" are dynamic animations of students' movement in a VFT; "paint spray maps" show where students concentrated their visual attention and are static. A technique for producing these visualizations is described and the educational use of tracking data in VFTs is critically discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01