The Use of Panoramic Interactive Videography as a Teaching Instrument in High School and University Biology Courses and in Environmental Public Education

Abstract

We created several interactive learning objects that illustrate organisms within their natural habitats by linking videos to "hotspots" within panoramic vistas of the habitat; students can access these at will and in whatever order they choose. By linking other vistas to hotspots within the primary panorama, the student can take a virtual field trip, examining different views of that habitat, and bringing up moving images of wildlife inhabiting the area. These customizable interactive teaching instruments are provided free of charge to educators who can modify them in whatever way they wish to suit their individual needs and to adapt them to the level of their students. They were designed in accordance with the needs expressed by teachers and were found to be effective as teaching instruments.