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What would fieldwork be like if you had one of THESE?

I wondered how people taking students out on fieldwork might make use of something like the AR Drone… For doing remote HD filming/imaging of locations… …and flips! (rad!) It’s not cheap, mind. And the range and battery life are limited (alth…

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Magic Mountains – using PeakFinder to name the mountains round you

Hat tip to Google Maps Mania for posting about this. In my later years I hope to be able to walk around any part of Scotland, point to the horizon and exclaim without hesitation things like, “ah yes, Buachaille Etive Mor. A challenging climb but w…

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Learning

Event report: Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase 2012

Digested Read A welcome return for an event that really should be a regular feature of the calendar. The technology has moved on in the last year and there seems to be more confidence and a sort of academic mischief-making in the air! The full sto…

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Storytelling

Footloose Digital Storytelling at the EFL Showcase 2012 (#efl2012)

I had obviously behaved well enough at last year’s showcase in Wales to be invited back for another event from the HEA funded Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Team. This year was at the rather lovely Preston Montford FSC just outside Shrewsbury. I had…