Share Paper: Online Field Trip

  1. ORISA SANGKLOMKLEANG, The Institute for the Promotionof Teaching Science and Technology, Thailand, Thailand
Wednesday, October 23 5:30 PM-7:00 PM Pacific Ballroom

Abstract: The study of soil, rocks, minerals and geological conditions at various locations normally requires field trips. However, a number of obstacles prevent many students from making such trips. In light of these obstacles, an online field trip system was developed. As a means of improving this new system, the online field trip was put through a trial run in the classrooms of 43 science teachers with a total of 1,324 secondary-school students. This trial provided an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the program by a means of a test of the content, to measure the level of satisfaction among ...