Transcript Outdoor Education and Virtual Reality

Outdoor Education and Virtual Reality
- Nature versus Technology -
CARMEN ROTARU
IPODS IN OUTDOOR ED:
IS THERE A PLACE?
Bearings
To be outdoor
(Bridle, 2004; White, n.d))
Reflection – Outdoor Camp
Self-Discovery
Discover
strengths
& abilities
Self-Efficacy
transfers to
daily life
(Lehrer, 2009)
“I started
thinking
about
things”
Over-come
negative
self-beliefs
Research Shows …
Even a patch of nature
holds benefits
(Lehrer, 2009)
World of a Child
Lets take the advantages from both
The Natural World and
The Technological World,
& mould them into learning
experiences
that maximise student learning,
growth and personal development
It’s the Thought That Counts…
It is not an individual
who has an experience,
rather it is experience
that results in the individual
(Zink, 2005)
www...
• use of World Wide Web technology and web
design that aims to facilitate creativity,
information sharing, and, most notably,
collaboration among users.
Therefore, outdoor education has
multiple meanings that cross the
border to the virtual reality and lead to
feelings,
curiosity,
emotions,
discovery,
reflection,
redefining the (his) world identity.
The key is to find ways to preserve the
unique benefits of both natural and virtual
environment.