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Digital Public History: Virtual Field Trips as Engaged Learning
Title
Digital Public History: Virtual Field Trips as Engaged Learning.
Creator
Rubin, Nancy, Fiore, Robin N., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Digital Public History: Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) as Engaged Learning addresses new opportunities and challenges in teaching with technology, specifically, capturing the attention of the emerging "cyber-literate" generation by using virtual field trips to directly engage learners in public history and community memory. The project will consist of three parts: an assessment of the opportunities for technology integration in teaching and learning, the connection between digital resources and...
Show moreDigital Public History: Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) as Engaged Learning addresses new opportunities and challenges in teaching with technology, specifically, capturing the attention of the emerging "cyber-literate" generation by using virtual field trips to directly engage learners in public history and community memory. The project will consist of three parts: an assessment of the opportunities for technology integration in teaching and learning, the connection between digital resources and social studies, and case study of a virtual field trip using the Boca Raton Army Airfield (BRAAF) site. Our view of the past is influenced by the media, religious upbringing, monuments, memorials, and cultural influences such as family and school. History and social studies classes are where most young people learn about the collective, public past. Virtual field trips (VFTs) are an ideal way to transport students back in time to learn about different communities and to experience the history of the people and place in thought-provoking ways. VFTs can introduce learners to primary materials that are too far away or too fragile to examine. History can be brought to life with first-person narratives that "virtual travelers" can watch via streaming video technology. Activities such as scavenger hunts for specific objects using maps and 30 virtual environments can be incorporated into virtual adventures so visitors can move around and "walk" through a room or landscape. Hand-held computers, cell phones, and tablet computers are being used with wireless networking to connect participants in geographically diverse locations. Classes in different schools and even in different countries can work collaboratively on projects. There are many advantages to taking , designing, and developing virtual field trips, however, the two reasons I chose to use a virtual field trip as a method of engaging students in history and social studies are: (1) History is more engaging when presented in an interactive, multimedia experience; and (2) Virtual field trips can be used to build relationships between generations and cultures. The ways students are taught must engage them in a journey of selfdiscovery in order for them to become self-directed, lifelong learners.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000991
Subject Headings
Internet in education--United States, School field trips--United States, Teleconferencing in education--United States
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regeneration of nature: An alternative to ecological restoration
Title
The regeneration of nature: An alternative to ecological restoration.
Creator
Hindle, Tobin, Florida Atlantic University, Fiore, Robin N.
Abstract/Description
The Regeneration of Nature: an alternative to ecological restoration is an exploration of the human response to alterations society has imposed on natural ecosystems. Ecological restoration is the dominant response to these degraded systems that has emerged within Western, empirical thought. Restoration as it is characteristically practiced in the United States attempts to reverse human impact by returning an ecosystem to an earlier state of existence; its so called pre-disturbance condition....
Show moreThe Regeneration of Nature: an alternative to ecological restoration is an exploration of the human response to alterations society has imposed on natural ecosystems. Ecological restoration is the dominant response to these degraded systems that has emerged within Western, empirical thought. Restoration as it is characteristically practiced in the United States attempts to reverse human impact by returning an ecosystem to an earlier state of existence; its so called pre-disturbance condition. However, I argue that ecological restoration does not adequately address degraded ecosystems dominating today's landscape primarily because it excludes humans as an integrated part of ecosystems and it ignores the dynamic characteristics of nature. Despite the dichotomy embedded in the restoration view, humans and nature are best understood as interdependent. Therefore, those working on urban environmental issues must develop integrated solutions in which both society and nature benefit without creating negative impacts on each other. In The Regeneration of Nature: an alternative to ecological restoration , I show how the connections between science, society, and nature can be recognized as an integrated view to establish a new paradigm for positive change within communities, both natural and human. The new paradigm, which I entitle ecological regeneration, extends the interdisciplinary style of environmental research as it calls for the development, adoption, and dissemination of a truly integrated and dynamic socio-ecological model to replace the static and reductionist view that prevails within the ecological restoration model. Where restoration treats the human and natural environments as mutually exclusive, regeneration recognizes the necessity of integrating human built systems within nature and nature within built systems. By examining conceptual and practical problems within ecological restoration, my goal is to offer an ecological regeneration framework leading to theoretically better solutions with respect to society's impact on natural ecosystems. The vision I offer here of regenerating nature within the built environment is intended to help fellow scientists, non-scientists, and the general public pursue an environmentally accountable and socially responsible prospect.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12232
Subject Headings
Nature--Effect of human beings on, Extinction (Biology), Biological diversity conservation, United States--Environmental policy, Ecosystem management, Ecological assessment (Biology), Biodiversity
Format
Document (PDF)