Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Using Mobile Technologies

This book shows how tablets (and smartphones) using a variety of selected 'apps', can enhance fieldwork and other out-of-classroom activities. The authors review imaginative uses of tablets from their own project and as well as examples from other colleagues. To help readers keep abreast of new technology and innovative ways to use it, the book is supported by a web site and a social media community.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Introduction to Tablets and their Capabilities.- 3. Capturing and Using Visual Imagery in the Field.- 4. Display and Recording: E-Books and Field Notebooks.- 5. Utilising Video in Fieldwork.- 6. Social Networking, Communication and Student Partnerships.- 7. Pre-Field Trips and Virtual Field Trips.- 8. Portable Networks and Specialised Fieldwork Applications.- 9. Conclusions and Recommendations.- Index.

Summary

This book shows how tablets (and smartphones) using a variety of selected ‘apps’, can enhance fieldwork and other out-of-classroom activities. The authors review imaginative uses of tablets from their own project and as well as examples from other colleagues. To help readers keep abreast of new technology and innovative ways to use it, the book is supported by a web site and a social media community.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Bednarz, Robert S. Bednarz, Dere France, Derek France, Alex Lerczak, Alice Mauchline, Alice et Mauchline, Julian Park, Victoria Powell, Robert S. Bednarz, Katharine Welsh, W Bria Whalley, W Brian Whalley, W. Brian Whalley
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783319209661
• ISBN: 978-3-31-920966-1
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 309 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 156 p. 27 illus., 24 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Ecology; SpringerBriefs in Ecology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geologie, Interdisziplinäre Studien, Biowissenschaften, allgemein, Lehrmittel, Lerntechnologien, E-Learning, Erziehungswissenschaft, Geographie, Angewandte Ökologie, Erdkunde, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik, Life Sciences, Ethische und soziale Fragen der IT, Biowissenschaften, Biologie / Allgemeines, Einführung, Lexikon, Geografie - Geograf, Geologie und die Lithosphäre, Erde (Planet) / Geologie, Interdisziplinär - Interdisziplinarität, E-Book-Reader, Tablets, Handheld-Geräte: Anwenderinformation, Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaft, Digital Learning; Innovative pedagogy; Learning Environments, Umwelt / Allgemeines, Einführung, Lexikon