Background
Fieldtrip allows content experts to produce new online e-case studies with limited support from computer and media production specialists. The idea is based on recent developments in web technologies and how people are beginning to use the web. One of the main ideas behind the concept is that of moving away from an Internet in which the majority of users are only consumers of information (read only web), towards a new model in which the majority of users are both consumers and producers of information (read/write web).
Highlights
Fieldtrip can be used to create a library of online case studies. Each case study includes a group of events that happened at a specific time, associated with a variety of information resources.
Within the case study, each event has a defined place (on a map) and a time (on a timeline) on which it occurred. The story for each event can be told through a combination of text and media elements (photos, animation, audio or video). In this way, it is possible to construct the geographic and historical context for the case study.
In addition, information resources can also be included to illustrate, expand, put in context or give scientific grounding to the story narrated in each event. The resources can be media, texts and hyperlinks.
User Level
Designed for students, researchers and educators at the tertiary education level (graduate and post-graduate) and for professionals and practitioners.
Design and Technology
Ruby on Rails, Ajax, YouTube, Google Earth, Flash
