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15009

General Session - Conference Presentation and Interactive Activity Only (45 minutes, no formal paper)

Clayton Brown, Utah State University,, USA, clayton.brown@usu.edu
 * Using Virtual Tours for Hybrid and Online Learning **

Virtual tours utilize the latest in graphics technology to simulate the experience of visiting real places. Today we can go beyond pictures and videos and provide students with opportunities to travel across the surface of the globe in high definition, enter accurate 3-D reconstructions of monumental architecture, and enjoy 360 degree panoramic views. This session will: 1) introduce interactive virtual tours available in the public domain, such as those of the Louvre and Vatican, Google Earth, and Airpano; and 2) demonstrate how to integrate these online resources with one's own video and still images to create tailor-made virtual tours for the classroom, complete with voiceover narration and captions.

//Interactivity // In workshop format, this session will proceed in stages from explanation and demonstration to active audience participation in creative exercises. We will begin with a simple introduction to pre-made virtual tours, encouraging attendees to visit and explore the sites as I am discussing them. Then, using audience input, we will visit both natural sites and reconstructed monuments in Google Earth and demonstrate the basics of creating a simple virtual tour. Utilizing screenshots and screen capture software, we will create our own virtual tour integrating the resources above along with homemade video or still images. The virtual tour is completed by adding voiceover narration, captions and animations to the tour. We then conclude with a discussion of how audience members could use virtual tours in their own classes.

All Audiences virtual tours graphics video online hybrid blended exercises activities