What is Place Based Learning? Place based learning is experiential learning that engages learners in their own environments. It focuses on physical and metaphysical elements to experience learning based on a specific physical area. Learning is from a holistic perspective based on relationships with each other, our culture and our environment. In this video, you will hear about how place based learning suggests that, “Education is rooted in culture, values, relationship and in historical realities. …. Knowledge cannot be separated from place or time.”
How can place based learning be applied using technology?
Place Based Learning
What is Place Based Learning?
Place based learning is experiential learning that engages learners in their own environments. It focuses on physical and metaphysical elements to experience learning based on a specific physical area. Learning is from a holistic perspective based on relationships with each other, our culture and our environment.
In this video, you will hear about how place based learning suggests that,
“Education is rooted in culture, values, relationship and in historical realities. …. Knowledge cannot be separated from place or time.”
How can place based learning be applied using technology?
Virtual Worlds/Immersive Environments:
Quest Atlantis - Mesa Verde Quest
Virtual Resources:
Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/usmob/
Alberta: Walking Together