Development of computer-assisted virtual field trips to support multidisciplinary learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 571-580

  Jacobson, Astrid R ^a,b   Militello, Roberta ^b   Baveye, Philippe C ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications in subject area; Media in education; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Post secondary education; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CURRICULA; EARTH SCIENCES; SAILING VESSELS; SOILS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED; CORRECT SOLUTIONS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DIDACTIC MATERIALS; FIELD TRIPS; INTERACTIVE MAPS; LEARNING GOALS; LEARNING PROCESS; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; OPEN ARCHITECTURES; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; REAL-WORLD; REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS; SINGLE MEDIUMS; SOIL SCIENCE; VIDEO CLIPS; VIRTUAL FIELDS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 59049091054     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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