Soil knowledge is essential to address modern global challenges. Soil science education
began with soil survey and agricultural activities, with a focus on the traditional …

This article aims to determine how the development, feasibility, effectiveness, and
practicality of virtual field trip (VFT)-based learning models strengthen students' digital …

As in our everyday lives, we use digital elements as part of formal and informal education.
To serve their educational purpose well, systematic research is desirable to identify and …

University students stepped into synchronous remote learning as the COVID‐19 pandemic
arrived in spring 2020. Temporal limitations of the live field trip‐based paradigm in teaching …

1. BACKGROUND The COVID‐19 pandemic of 2020–2021 presented numerous challenges
to higher education in North America and around the world, causing universities and …

Virtual field trips (VFTs) have proven to be valuable learning tools. Such applications are
mostly based on 360 {\deg} technology and are to be characterized as single-user …

Soil judging contests are important activities to explore the soil science and its relation to the
natural world. They have been held for many years and proved to be very efficient for the …

Abstract 360° spaces are representations of real locations created using 360° images,
enabling viewers to walk through by changing position. As basis for virtual field trips, they …

Laboratory classes effectively enhance student understanding and appreciation of course
concepts. With course delivery suddenly shifted into the online format due to the COVID-19 …

Undergraduate earth science education emphasises the role of field trips in student learning
and development. Thus, when the Covid-19 pandemic caused teaching to shift online, many …