Enhancing student learning on an overseas Geography fieldwork programme: the role of 'virtual fieldwork'

Mellor, Antony (2009) Enhancing student learning on an overseas Geography fieldwork programme: the role of 'virtual fieldwork'. In: Northumbria Conference 2009, 8 September 2009, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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Abstract

This paper reports on the design, utilisation and evaluation of a 'virtual fieldwork' package to support and enhance student learning on a well established overseas field course for level 5 Geography undergraduates (GE0146, BSc Spain Fieldwork). In addition to the virtual fieldwork resource, which operates via the module Blackboard site on the Northumbria University electronic learning platform (eLP), the one week residential fieldwork programme is supported by a series of lectures in advance of the trip. Assessment comprises two group presentations, reporting on research projects undertaken in the field (50%), and an individual field notebook recording observations, results and reflections whilst in the field (50%).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	X300 Academic studies in Education
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Geography and Environmental Sciences
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2014 11:24
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2019 00:30
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/17066

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