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[AfricaEd] Scholarship Description: Funded by Google Research Grant, a one year project is set within UCL Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) group. The new project focuses on the usability of geographical technology, and specifically asks “How can Google Earth Tours be used create an effective learning experience?” Previous research on Google Earth Tours (GETs) has shown them to be an effective visualization technique for teaching geographical concepts, yet their use in this way is essentially passive.

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