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Exploring a wilderness area, virtually
Photo courtesy Andrew Phanor
I’m experiencing this wilderness while sitting in a studio at the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I’m surrounded by students wearing virtual reality goggles, all of whom are part of political science professor Robert Pahre’s Environmental Politics and Policy class.
Pahre also teaches Politics of the National Parks, and he is currently developing a course on Environmental Politics of the Midwest. He uses VR videos to allow his students to see wilderness sites. Read full article here.