An interactive cultural transect: Designing, deploying, and evaluating an Online virtual-abroad learning experience

This pilot project conducted by researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) seeks to answer the question: Does a real-time, two-way, mobile, remote webcasting system have special properties for learning compared with traditional distance learning platforms? Students enrolled in two onli...

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Published in:Gifted Education International 2012-01, Vol.28 (1), p.84-95
Main Authors: Peters, Phil, Katsaros, Alex, Howard, Rosalyn, Lindgren, Robb
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Borders
Classrooms
Distance Education
Distance learning
Florida
Foreign Countries
Interaction
Internet
Learning
Learning Experience
Pilot Projects
Property
Recording
Researchers
South Africa
Undergraduate Students
Universities
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Summary:This pilot project conducted by researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) seeks to answer the question: Does a real-time, two-way, mobile, remote webcasting system have special properties for learning compared with traditional distance learning platforms? Students enrolled in two online, undergraduate UCF courses explored South Africa via a ‘Cultural Transect’, which we define as a method for recording and observing occurrences of cultural phenomena through regions and across borders of contemporary cultural systems around the world. The researchers hypothesize that this interactive Cultural Transect model augmented the traditional classroom by providing experiential access and interaction with authentic data, content, people, and real-world contexts.
ISSN:0261-4294
2047-9077
2407-9077
DOI:10.1177/0261429411427655