Using a web-based resource to prepare students for fieldwork: Evaluationg the dark peak virtual tour

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-240

  McMorrow, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldwork preparation; Internet; Pennines; Virtual fieldwork; Web based resources; WebCT; WWW

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; INTERNET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144454668     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260500130445     Document Type: Article

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