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Virtual Field Course. Kate Moore University of Leicester http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/mek. Relating the real and the virtual. Pedagogy. Field work. Technology. Data. Structure of a Virtual Field Course. Fieldwork Education & Technology. IT integrated into project work Preparation
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Virtual Field Course Kate Moore University of Leicester http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/mek
Pedagogy Field work Technology Data Structure of a Virtual Field Course
Fieldwork Education & Technology • IT integrated into project work • Preparation • Data collection • Analysis • Presentation • VFC objective to provide software for interactive visual exploration of spatially referenced information
Visualization for learning • ‘Comparison’ and ‘observation’ key objectives of fieldwork – multiple representations • “Computer technology allows interaction with models of reality and provides adaptive feedback” (Laurillard, 1997) - active participation • Visual thinking’ – process of knowledge acquisition (McEachren, 1994)
Student feedback • Focus for days work • Enhanced projects • “Amount of information” (secondary data) • “Ability to compare data” (primary data) • “Seeing what you have achieved that day” (immediacy) • “Enables us to see patterns and changes in relationships” (visualization)