TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactive Videos Enhance Learning about Socio-Ecological Systems
AU - Smithwick, Erica
AU - Baxter, Emily
AU - Kim, Kyung
AU - Edel-Malizia, Stephanie
AU - Rocco, Stevie
AU - Blackstock, Dean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 National Council for Geographic Education.
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - Two forms of interactive video were assessed in an online course focused on conservation. The hypothesis was that interactive video enhances student perceptions about learning and improves mental models of social-ecological systems. Results showed that students reported greater learning and attitudes toward the subject following interactive video. Moreover, metrics of network complexity applied to students' concept maps of socio-ecological systems increased longitudinally through the course highlighting greater awareness of socio-ecological linkages. We conclude that interactive video can increase awareness of interdisciplinary connections in socio-ecological systems and should be more widely employed in general education geography courses.
AB - Two forms of interactive video were assessed in an online course focused on conservation. The hypothesis was that interactive video enhances student perceptions about learning and improves mental models of social-ecological systems. Results showed that students reported greater learning and attitudes toward the subject following interactive video. Moreover, metrics of network complexity applied to students' concept maps of socio-ecological systems increased longitudinally through the course highlighting greater awareness of socio-ecological linkages. We conclude that interactive video can increase awareness of interdisciplinary connections in socio-ecological systems and should be more widely employed in general education geography courses.
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U2 - 10.1080/00221341.2017.1374433
DO - 10.1080/00221341.2017.1374433
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031419060
SN - 0022-1341
VL - 117
SP - 40
EP - 49
JO - Journal of Geography
JF - Journal of Geography
IS - 1
ER -