TeachT@lk: Creating Virtual Field Trips

Field Trips are a great way to motivate students, get them excited about content and create memories. But often the locations are too expensive, or would be geographically impossible to get to during class times. One option is to create a virtual field trip!

Our TeachT@lk Webinar on August 4, focused on how instructors can create virtual "experiences" for students that include location videos, images, interactions with experts in the field and guided discussions between students and their peers about their

Dr. Jim Elser's Drone Video

experiences. We shared 3 experiences by ASU Faculty:

• Jim Elser's Drone Tours (sample clip)
• Mike Angilletta's Expert Interviews with Robbie Wilson using Vidyo
• "Live" synchronous field trip at the ASU Natural History Collection with Liz Makings using Adobe Connect

Finally, we talked about using existing resources like the wildlife webcams, and having students create their own virtual fieldtrips as a final class project showcasing their interests for real and fictional locations. (to see ASU's Digication Example, click here.)

Dr.Angilletta's Expert Interview Video

Although virtual field trips may not completely replace live field trips, with some planning, they can create similar experiences and enhance learning.

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Resources:

• Recording of Webinar: https://connect.asu.edu/p1mubmy2x9j/
• PowerPoint Slides
• Alameda Facility: https://sols.asu.edu/about/asu-natural-history-collections

Articles:

• Focus on Technology: Virtual Field Trips: Going on a Journey, to Learn Without Leaving School, Hani Morgan, a University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi., Published online: 12 May 2015.
• Revisiting Virtual Field Trips: Perspectives of College Science Instructors, Simon A. Lei, ITT Technical Institute 
• Experiential learning: Using field trips to see the science of real-world issues. H. Wang,  CIRTL Network.

ASU Technologies:

• Digication Tutorials: https://asu.digication.com/asu_eportfolio_resources/Welcome23/
• Vidyo Information: https://uto.asu.edu/vidyo
• Adobe Connect Information: https://asu.service-now.com/kb_view_customer.do?sysparm_article=KB0010602