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Labs And Landscapes Virtual Reality: Student-Created Forest Conservation Tours For Informal Public Engagement, Whitney Stone, Jamie Loizzo, Jacqueline Aenlle, Peyton Beattie
Labs And Landscapes Virtual Reality: Student-Created Forest Conservation Tours For Informal Public Engagement, Whitney Stone, Jamie Loizzo, Jacqueline Aenlle, Peyton Beattie
Journal of Applied Communications
The following exploratory convergent mixed-methods study examined graduate students’ experiences developing and facilitating 360º photo-based virtual reality (VR) tours titled Labs and Landscapes focused on forest conservation and climate change education, as well as tour impacts on public audiences. Graduate students in an agricultural and natural resources communication course at The University of Florida used 360º cameras, mobile devices, and online software to create VR tours about the UF/IFAS Austin Cary Research Forest. Then, the students guided public participants through the tours in three physical informal learning environments including a museum, brewery, and campus tabling site within the university community. …