Progress 09/01/23 to 08/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:During the third year of the project, the target audience was industry partners, post-secondary FAS instructors, and students. Changes/Problems:No significant changes or problems in this year of the project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Several members of the project team (faculty members and graduate students) provided professional development sessions at academic conferences. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The created scans are publicly accessible on the project website. Team members shared the project at several conferences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, we will continue to create supplemental videos and resources to enhance the completed scans. We will also develop and evaluate the curriculum guides to support the implementation of those virtual tours in classroom settings. As we have more products developed and in their final stage, we will increase dissemination efforts so others are made aware of the resources and feel equipped to implement them in their classes. We will also continue to evaluate the IVTs as they are implemented in classes by gathering feedback from instructors and students in those courses.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal 1 has been completed. The project website has 15 interactive virtual tours: cotton gin, greenhouse, food science lab, dairy plant, four mill, feed mill, beef stocker unit, aquatic and invasive plants research center, coastal research station, horticultural gardens, New Mexico stream, teaching farm and gardens, veterinary school, and sea turtle hospital. We continued to add materials to the project website to help disseminate these materials to a broader audience. The website - https://theivisitproject.com - contains links to the virtual tours and will continue to be updated as we add materials during and after the project's timeframe. Goal 2 has been initiated. We are currently developing the curriculum guides to support the completed interactive virtual tours. As these are completed, we will have graduate students and peers assess them before recruiting other faculty members to integrate the tours in their classes. Goal 3 has been initiated. We have pilot tested the integration of one interactive virtual tour in a class outside of the team members' universities and collected student data to evaluate their effectiveness of that specific tour. We have also collected feedback from nearly 30 agricultural educators (extension agents and agriscience teachers).
Publications
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Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:During the second year of the project, the target audience was industry partners and post-secondary FAS instructors. Initial efforts were also made to collect data from students in classes that use these virtual tours. Changes/Problems:No significant changes or problems in this year of the project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Several members of the project team (faculty members and graduate students) provided professional development sessions at academic conferences. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The created scans are publicly accessible on the project website. Team members shared the project at several conferences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, we will continue to create supplemental videos and resources to enhance the completed scans. We will also develop and evaluate the curriculum guides to support the implementation of those virtual tours in classroom settings. We will continue to scan additional locations and develop the necessary supplemental resources and curriculum guides. As we have more products developed and in their final stage, we will increase dissemination efforts so others are made aware of the resources and feel equipped to implement them in their classes. We will also continue to evaluate the IVTs as they are implemented in classes by gathering feedback from instructors and students in those courses.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal 1 will be an ongoing goal as we work to create 5 interactive virtual tours each year. We were able to complete this in Year 2 with the creation of the following 3D scans: feed mill, beef stocker unit, coastal research station, horticultural gardens, New Mexico stream, and veterinary school. We continued to add materials to the project website to help disseminate these materials to a broader audience. The website - https://theivisitproject.com - contains links to the virtual tours and will continue to be updated as we add materials during and after the project's timeframe. Goal 2 has been initiated. We are currently developing the curriculum guides to support the completed interactive virtual tours. As these are completed, we will have graduate students and peers assess them before recruiting other faculty members to integrate the tours in their classes. Goal 3 has been initiated. We have pilot tested the integration of one interactive virtual tour in a class outside of the team members' universities and collected student data to evaluate their effectiveness of that specific tour.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Harlan, K., Meyers, C., Irlbeck, E., Kennedy, L., & Monsur, M. (2023, May). Were going where? Creating an interactive virtual tour of an agricultural facility. [Refereed poster session]. American Association for Agricultural Education National Research Conference, Raleigh, NC.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Meyers, C., Harlan, K., Hock, G., Loizzo, J., Monsur, M., Churchill, F., Collins, S., Gragg, S., Irlbeck, E., Kennedy, L., Lawver, D., Rogers-Randolph, T., Randolph, L, Simpson, C., & Telg, R. (2023, June). Developing interactive virtual tours of agriculture and research facilities. Paper presented at the North American Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture Conference, Las Cruces, NM.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Loizzo, J., Spandau, G., & Barnett, C. (2023, June). Wading Into the Virtual Reality Waters: Three Options for Online VR Creation [Professional development session]. Association for Communication Excellence, Asheville, NC.
- Type:
Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Harlan, K. (2023). Exploring student perspectives of interactive virtual tours in an agricultural education context. [Master's thesis, Texas Tech University].
- Type:
Other
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Loizzo, J., Spandau, G., Barnett, C., Akers, A., Bolger, A., & Meyers, C. (2023). Streaming Science #5: Using virtual reality tours for engagement with your target audience. UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS).
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:During the first year of the project, the target audience has been industry partners and post-secondary FAS instructors. Changes/Problems:The first year of the project has encountered several personal/professional challenges among the team members. We've had team members move academic positions, test positive with COVID, support sick family members, recover from a house fire, and go on planned sabbaticals. Despite these challenges, we have completed the goal of having at least 5 interactive tours posted on the created project website. We will continue to enhance these with supplemental multimedia and curriculum guides. As we finalize these resources, we will cooperate with post-secondary instructors to integrate them in their classes and collect feedback. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Several members of the project team (faculty members and graduate students) have gained experience using the 3D scanning technology. Others are gaining skills in shooting supplemental video, writing scripts, and editing videos. We have not provided training or professional development beyond the project team members in year 1. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The created scans are publicly accessible on the project website. No additional presentations have been made in year 1, but this is an objective to address in the upcoming years of the project. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, we will continue to create supplemental videos and resources to enhance the completed scans. We will also develop and evaluate the curriculum guides to support the implementation of those virtual tours in classroom settings. We will continue to scan additional locations and develop the necessary supplemental resources and curriculum guides. As we have more products developed and in their final stage, we will increase dissemination efforts so others are made aware of the resources and feel equipped to implement them in their classes.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal 1 will be an ongoing goal as we work to create 5 interactive virtual tours each year. We were able to complete this in Year 1 with the creation of the following 3D scans: cotton gin, welding lab, flour mill, dairy plant, food science lab, and plant research center. The scan of the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants contains supplemental multimedia - videos, descriptions, and links to additional online content. We also have a scan of a teaching greenhouse with embedded videos. We created and launched the project website to help disseminate these materials to a broader audience. The website - https://theivisitproject.com - contains links to the virtual tours and will continue to be updated as we add materials during and after the project's timeframe. Goal 2 has been initiated. We are currently developing the curriculum guides to support the completed interactive virtual tours. As these are completed, we will have graduate students and peers assess them before recruiting other faculty members to integrate the tours in their classes. Goal 3 was not addressed in year one, but as the interactive virtual tours are implemented in classes, we will begin to collect student data to evaluate their effectiveness.
Publications
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