Place-Based Learning Through a Proxy - Variations in the Perceived Benefits of a Virtual Tour

• Published in: 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Wallgrun, Jan Oliver, Knapp, Eric, Taylor, Alan, Klippel, Alexander, Zhao, Jiayan, Sajjadi, Pejman
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Immersive Learning Research Network 17.05.2021
• Subjects: 360° imagery; Education; Fires; forest and wildfire ecology; Forestry; Geospatial analysis; place-based learning; Resource management; user studies; virtual reality; virtual tours

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 undergradua...