Treves, R;
Viterbo, P;
Haklay, M;
(2015)
Footprints in the sky: using student track logs from a "bird's eye view" virtual field trip to enhance learning.
Journal of Geography in Higher Education
, 39
(1)
pp. 97-110.
10.1080/03098265.2014.1003798.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Footprints in the sky: using student track logs from a "bird's eye view" virtual field trip to enhance learning |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03098265.2014.1003798 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2014.1003798 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Geography in Higher Education on 6 February 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03098265.2014.1003798. |
| Keywords: | virtual field trip, learning analytics, geovisualization, Google Earth, tracking |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1482082 |
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