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A review of the benefits and drawbacks to virtual field guides in today’s Geoscience higher education environment
Virtual Field Guides are a way for educators to tackle the growing issue of funding pressures in areas of higher education, such as geography. Virtual Field Guides are however underutilised and can offer students a different way of learning. Virtual Field Guides have many benefits to students, such as being more inclusive, building student skills and confidence in a controlled environment pre fieldtrip and can increase engagement in the topic studied. There are also benefits to the educator, such as reduced cost, more efficient students on fieldwork tasks and the ability to tailor and update their field guides to suit their needs. However there are drawbacks in the challenge of creation and their outcome as educational standalone tools. This paper reviews the literature around the benefits and draw backs to the creation and incorporation of virtual field guides in geoscience education. © 2017, The Author(s)
Dry and Humid Periods Reconstructed from Tree Rings in the Former Territory of Sogdiana (Central Asia) and Their Socio-economic Consequences over the Last Millennium
One of the richest societies along the Silk Road developed in Sogdiana,
located in present-day Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. This urban civilisation
reached its greatest prosperity during the golden age of the Silk Road (sixth to
ninth century ce). Rapid political and economic changes, accelerated by climatic
variations, were observed during last millennium in this region. The newly developed
tree-ring-based reconstruction of precipitation for the pastmillennium revealed
a series of dry and wet stages. During the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), two
dry periods occurred (900–1000 and 1200–1250), interrupted by a phase of wetter
conditions. Distinct dry periods occurred around 1510–1650, 1750–1850, and
1920–1970, respectively. The juniper tree-ring record of moisture changes revealed
that major dry and pluvial episodes were consistent with those indicated by hydroclimatic
proxy data from adjacent areas. These climate fluctuations have had longand
short term consequences for human history in the territory of former Sogdiana
Cimento ósseo com gentamicina no tratamento da infecção óssea: estudo da eluição in vitro
Estudo biomecânico da rigidez da osteossÃntese com placas em ponte em tÃbias de cadáveres humanos
A delineating procedure to retrieve relevant publication data in research areas: the case of nanocellulose
A study of heat tolerance of grade Australian Illawarra Shorthorn cows during early lactation.
Negative pressure wound therapy does not diminish efficacy of topical antibiotic powder in a preclinical contaminated wound model
An Improved Technique for Removing Intramedullary Antibiotic Beads in Osteomyelitis of the Tibial Shaft
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