Labs and Landscapes Virtual Reality: Student-Created Forest Conservation Tours for Informal Public Engagement

Stone, Whitney; Loizzo, Jamie; Aenlle, Jacqueline; Beattie, Peyton

doi:10.4148/1051-0834.2395

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“…The University of Florida's Agriculture and Natural Resources Communication program used 360-degree cameras, mobile devices and online software to create a virtual reality tour of a forest, focusing on forest conservation, climate change education and the impact of the tour on the public. The results showed that the students improved their multimedia communication skills, knowledge of natural resource conservation and confidence in communicating with the public [25]. Jian Huang constructed a snow and ice landscape resource by using software optimization for variable teaching of snow and ice landscape forms.…”

Section: Landscape Architecture Conservation Coursementioning

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Effects of Multisensory Integration through Spherical Video-Based Immersive Virtual Reality on Students’ Learning Performances in a Landscape Architecture Conservation Course

Zhao

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Many courses are transitioning from offline to online instruction in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Landscape architecture conservation courses face problems such as reduced interest in learning, poor learning attitudes and low learning efficiency among students. At the same time, due to the nature of landscape architecture conservation courses, students need more experience to learn well, and many landscape architecture courses do not meet this requirement. Online education also lacks the necessary education scenarios and is not very immersive, making it difficult to meet students’ learning needs. Continued advances in technology have provided new ways for people to connect with nature, increasing awareness and adoption of sustainable landscape architecture practices. To solve the above problems, this study uses multisensory spherical video-based immersive virtual reality technology to develop a VR learning system for landscape architecture conservation courses based on the senses of sight, sound and smell. This system is simple to operate, but interactive and immersive. A quasi-experimental study was also conducted to test the effectiveness of the system. Analyzing the results of the study, students in the experimental group outperformed students in the control group in terms of learning achievements, learning model satisfaction, technology acceptance, flow experience and learning attitudes, which suggests that the use of multisensory spherical video-based immersive virtual reality technology in a landscape architecture conservation course is effective in improving students’ learning performances, and that the study can provide input for the development of other courses.

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Section: Landscape Architecture Conservation Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Multisensory Integration through Spherical Video-Based Immersive Virtual Reality on Students’ Learning Performances in a Landscape Architecture Conservation Course

Zhao

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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“…In 2018, Streaming Science launched Labs and Landscapes (Figure 1; Stone et al, 2022) to showcase the various VR tours science communication college students created through project-based learning courses in partnership with the platform.…”

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Streaming Science #5: Using Virtual Reality Tours for Engagement With Your Target Audience

Loizzo,

Spandau,

Barnett

et al. 2023

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This is the fifth of seven publications in the Streaming Science EDIS series about using mobile instructional and communication technologies (ICTs) for outreach and engagement with your target audiences. This publication is intended as a guide for communication and education professionals to use various virtual reality (VR) hardware and software to create immersive online content about agricultural and natural resources spaces and places to communicate, teach, and engage with scientific content.

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Restore the shore: online STEM engagement impacts on youths’ conceptualizations of living shorelines and connection to water

Loizzo,

Nickerson,

Barnett

et al. 2023

Applied Environmental Education & Communication

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Labs and Landscapes Virtual Reality: Student-Created Forest Conservation Tours for Informal Public Engagement

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Effects of Multisensory Integration through Spherical Video-Based Immersive Virtual Reality on Students’ Learning Performances in a Landscape Architecture Conservation Course

Effects of Multisensory Integration through Spherical Video-Based Immersive Virtual Reality on Students’ Learning Performances in a Landscape Architecture Conservation Course

Streaming Science #5: Using Virtual Reality Tours for Engagement With Your Target Audience

Restore the shore: online STEM engagement impacts on youths’ conceptualizations of living shorelines and connection to water

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