Digital technology and networked spaces in outdoor education: reflections upon presenting at an international webinar

Imre van Kraalingen; David Hills; Jack Reed; Simon Beames; Brendon Munge FHEA

doi:10.1080/14729679.2022.2127112

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Digital technology and networked spaces in outdoor education: reflections upon presenting at an international webinar

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Digital technology and networked spaces in outdoor education: reflections upon presenting at an international webinar

Imre van Kraalingen, David Hills, Jack Reed, Simon Beames and Brendon Munge FHEA

Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol.24(1), pp.7-20

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2022.2127112

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Specialist studies in education

Mobile technology

networked spaces

outdoor education

social media

webinars

This paper draws on a webinar on digital technology and networked spaces in outdoor education, where three researchers presented their work through responses to two discussion statements: First, 'the use of digital technology in outdoor education is fundamentally contrary to all its values.' Second, 'if we accept that digital technology is embedded in outdoor education, what do we know about its potential? And what are key areas to explore more deeply?.' Despite there being no advance planning to produce a research output from the webinar, the organisers' basic analysis of the webinar's frontchannel and backchannel revealed areas of the conversation that may merit targeted empirical attention. Three principal themes emerged from participants' responses during the webinar: the need to move beyond binary thinking; the importance of considering digital technology in regard to specific learning objectives and contexts; and to inform oneself about the affordances of digital technology, while thinking critically about its applications.

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Title: Digital technology and networked spaces in outdoor education: reflections upon presenting at an international webinar
Authors: Imre van Kraalingen (Corresponding Author) - Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
David Hills (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University
Jack Reed (Author) - The University of Edinburgh
Simon Beames (Author) - Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Brendon Munge FHEA (Author)
Publication details: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol.24(1), pp.7-20
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2022.2127112
ISSN: 1754-0402; 1472-9679
Copyright note: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99679898402621
Output Type: Journal article

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