Title :
Evaluating G-portal for geography learning and teaching
Author :
Chew-Hung Chang ; Hedberg, John G. ; Yin-Leng Theng
Abstract :
This paper describes G-Portal, a geospatial digital library of geographical assets, providing an interactive platform to engage students in active manipulation and analysis of information resources and collaborative learning activities. Using a G-Portal application in which students conducted a field study of an environmental problem of beach erosion and sea level rise, we describe a pilot study to evaluate usefulness and usability issues to support the learning of geographical concepts, and in turn teaching
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; digital libraries; erosion; geographic information systems; oceanography; portals; teaching; G-Portal; beach erosion; collaborative learning activities; environmental problem; geography learning; geography teaching; geospatial digital library; information resources; interactive platform; sea level rise; students; Australia; Collaborative work; Computer science education; Educational technology; Geography; Information analysis; Information resources; Permission; Sea measurements; Software libraries; geography; geospatial digital libraries; teaching and learning;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Libraries, 2005. JCDL '05. Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-876-8
DOI :
10.1145/1065385.1065390
