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Seeing The World Through New Eyes: Implementing Map-Based Mobile Apps In Field Trips And Research, Mariah Chambers, Ron Harris

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Mobile apps are a resource that can aid in field trip instruction and enhance students’ learning. Because the specific location of the field trip is often an important element in overall understanding, map-based learning materials can be used to integrate information with the place, providing context for the concepts that will be learned on the field trip. The purpose of this project was twofold. One purpose was to provide professors with information and instructions for using map-based mobile apps to prepare students for, and provide resources during, field trips and study abroad experiences. A second purpose was to implement the …