Virtual Soil Science Field Trips: Pedagogical Innovations

Virtual Soil Science Field Trips: Pedagogical Innovations

DOI: 10.1002/nse2.20046
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Virtualizing soil science field trips
doing so, our goal was to provide virtual “field” experiences

In-person field trips are integral to several soil science courses in the Agronomy Department at Purdue University. We have traditionallytakenstudentstothefieldonbusestoobserve soilsandlandscapestogether,interactingonthebusandat thefieldsitestoexplaindifficultconceptsandprovidereal-world context. This, however, was not possible during the fall semester of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, we
Abbreviations:iVFT, immersive virtual field trip;…