promoting experiential learning through the use of virtual
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Promoting experiential learning
through the use of Virtual Tours
Dr. Renika - Irini Papakammenou
English Australia Ed-Tech SIG Online
Symposium
22 July 2020
Dr. Renika - Irini Papakammenou
⚫ Centre of Foreign Language
⚫ 20 years Teaching Experience
EDUCATION
⚫ BA English
Literature with
English
Language
⚫ MSc in TESOL
⚫ PhD on testing
and assessment
⚫ Teacher Trainer
EXPERIENCE
E-Learning
Teacher Trainer
⚫ Online Teaching –8 years
Presentation’s Objectives
● Virtual Tours: Importance and Types
● Online Teaching: Use of them in asynchronous and
synchronous teaching
● Example: How I have used them in my classes
Virtual educational field trips encourage students to
become active learners and engage with the world around
them.
This way, the students get a real and full experience
of being in a classroom, instead of sitting in front of
a computer or by video chatting.
Virtual Tours
Now, digital technologies and virtualizations are allowing
people to experience and virtualize from wherever they are.
Learner to Learner Learner to Teacher
Learner to Content
Online Interaction & Virtual Tours
Types of Virtual Tours
360 videos
They use movement, people and sound to take the
audience on a journey or through a story to create
a memorable experience and emotional
connection.
Virtual Tours
The audience can research. It is used to highlight
features and smaller details. Provide contextual
information on the surrounding area for added
impact.
Virtual Tours
walkthrough
They create a walkthrough of a
place. They provide
a smooth experience and allow
the audience to get a feel of the
place.
Virtual Tours Walkthrough
https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-
frank/secret-annex/room-otto-edith-
margot-frank/
https://tinyurl.com/y4t8omst
Virtual Tours Walkthrough
Benefits:
● Suitable for different learning styles
● Simplifies complex problems or situations
● Innovative and enjoyable
● Higher level of engagement and understanding
Virtual Tours
● Experience
● Interact with
content
● Concentrate in key
areas
● Explore
Independently
Asynchronous Synchronous
● Interact with
each other
● Interact with the
teacher
● Elaborate
● Group work
● Choose and guide
Asynchronous
Fill it with 360 videos, texts, images, worksheets
Live and Formative Assessment such as quizzes
Modeling: students can draw
Open-ended tasks
Synchronous
Use it in various parts of the lesson
Middle:
Explain
Engage
Elaborate
Interact
End:
Fun
Extension
Evaluate
Assess
Beginning:
Introduce
Inform
Intrigue a topic
Motivate
Synchronous
Interactive Images
Group Work
Interviews
Role plays
Dialogues
Synchronous
Debate – Produce
Messages
Blogs
Example Elementary LevelDescriptions
Group Work
Questions
Discussion
British Museum Outdoors: https://tinyurl.com/y5mxup2s
Louvre Museum Outdoors: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum
Groups
Questions about the weather, what they see, signs, the building
Use of authentic language
Role plays
Guide Tourist Tourist Tourist
Example
Engage
Motivate
Explore
Experience
Power Up - Cambridge University Press
http://www.3dmekanlar.com
/en/the-pyramids.html
Example Academic LevelExperience
Role plays
Practice Real Language
https://www.monash.edu/learning-space-innovation/virtual-learning-tours/caulfield-library
Monash University - Library
Example Advanced LevelDetails
Group Work
Questions
Discussion - Debates
British Museum Outdoors: https://tinyurl.com/y5mxup2s
Louvre Museum Outdoors: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum
Groups
● Discussion about what they visit
● Important facts about the museums
● Choose one of the two – Elgin Marbles
https://www.360cities.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=elgin+marbles
Writing - Debate http://www.parthenon.newmentor.net/children.htm
Example
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342053629913202691
Interactive Image
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Thank You!
Irini-Renika Papakammenou
Renika-Irini Papakammenou
@PapakammSchool