This presentation will provide the participants with an overview of the history and philosophy of field trips, an understanding of extended realities and immersive technologies within classroom settings, and an in-depth discussion of how these technologies can begin to provide students with the learning experiences of traditional field trips. In addition, this presentation will contain the experiences of working with students to understand inclusion and universal design and its place within XR, the artifacts that student-teacher candidates created, and the process of incorporating the development of XR spaces as a part of learning and assessment within educational programs.
Dawn M. Armfield, is an Associate Professor of Technical Communication at Minnesota State University, Mankato where her teaching and research focus on human-centered design in emerging and embodied technologies. She has published in interdisciplinary fields with emphasis in emerging technologies, online collaborations, and educational technologies. Her most recent publications are a book chapter entitled “Human-centered content design in augmented reality” with Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen in 2019, a 2019 article entitled “Engaging Globally Distributed Virtual Teams Through Collaborative Environments,” with Shadow W.J. Armfield and Laura Sujo-Montes, and a 2019 industry article entitled “Immersive Content in Technical Communication: A Journey Mindset,” with Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen.
Shadow W J Armfield is the Chair of Educational Specialties and a member of the Educational Technology faculty in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University. He teaches technology integration in K-12 environments and professional development. Shadow’s research interests include technology integration in K-12 environments, technology integration in teacher preparation programs, the integration of extended realities in learning environments, and online collaborative learning environments. Recent publications include Co-Editor of The Wiley Handbook of Educational Policy (2018) with Dr. Rosemary Papa, Global Digital Citizenship: Providing Context in TechTrends (2019) with Dr. Michael Blocher, and most recently Engaging globally distributed virtual teams through collaborative environments (2019) in The Online Journal of New Horizons in Education with Dr. Dawn Armfield and Dr. Laura Sujo-Montes.