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Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-233-2021
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Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
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19 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 19 Apr 2021

A role for virtual outcrop models in blended learning – improved 3D thinking and positive perceptions of learning

Clare E. Bond and Adam J. Cawood

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Virtual outcrop models are increasingly used in geoscience teaching, but their efficacy as a training tool for 3D thinking has been little tested. We find that using a virtual outcrop increases the participants' ability to choose the correct geological block model. That virtual outcrops are viewed positively, but only in a blended learning environment and not as a replacement for fieldwork, and virtual outcrop use could improve equality, diversity and inclusivity in geoscience.
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