Immersive Field Trips in Geography Teaching: A Pilot Study of Learning and Presence

Authors

  • Joachim-P Brockhausen Centre for Immersive Learning, Frankenwald Laboratory for Learning Sciences, Kronach, Germany Author
  • Ivana-Marija Kolic Department of Secondary Education, Turopolje Centre for Digital Education, Velika Gorica, Croatia Author
  • Dietlinde-M Hinterhölzl Department of Curriculum Studies, Steirische Eisenstrasse Institute of Learning Technologies, Eisenerz, Austria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694678

Keywords:

Immersive Field Trips in Geography Teaching; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Immersive Field Trips in Geography Teaching has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider community
can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the
current evidence for immersive field trips in geography teaching, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost
angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out
for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or
blanket avoidance.

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2024-08-19