Category: Research Spark

Labs and Landscapes: Virtual Reality Tours

In this Research Spark, AEC master's student Marissa Crowhurst takes us through AEC doctoral graduate Dr. Whitney Stone's mixed methods study Labs and Landscapes Virtual Reality: Student-Created Forest Conservation Tours for Informal Public Engagement published in the Journal of Applied Communications for the Association for Communication Excellence. The article and its findings were published in 2022: ...

Exploring COVID-19’s Effect on the Scientific Enterprise: A Podcast Ethnography

In this Research Spark, AEC master's graduate Alice Akers takes us through AEC doctoral student Dr. Jacqueline Anelle's podcast ethnography study to explore the major themes of the Streaming Science podcast series: State of the Scientific Enterprise During COVID-19. The study was published in the International Journal of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science: https://doi.org/10.56734/ijahss.v3n9a4 View ...

University of Florida in Belize: A Digital Field Experience 2022

The University of Florida (UF) Department of Agricultural Education and Communication (AEC) took more than 10 undergraduate and graduate students on a study abroad trip in summer 2022 to Belize. As part of the trip, three students developed a digital field experience (DFE) to connect adult learners in Florida with Belize. You can watch the ...

The Climate of Greta Thunbeg’s Instagram Content

In this Research Spark, AEC doctoral student Christine Krebs conducted a qualitative content analysis of youth climate activist Greta Thunberg's Instagram posts during her zero emission sailing trip to the United States. Learn about what content appeared in Thunberg's images and captions as well as what hashtags she frequently used to amplify her messages. View ...

Conservation Conversation

In this Research Spark, learn about the impacts of the Streaming Science: Conservation Conversation electronic field trip on middle and high school students' learning about conservation, forest ecosystems, and prescribed burning. Adobe Spark page created by: AEC graduate student Valentina Castano. View the Spark Page Aenlle, J., Loizzo, J., Bunch. J.C., Stone, W., Meredith, M., ...

The Water Around Us

In this Research Spark, learn about how the Streaming Science: The Water Around Us electronic field trip impacted students' connection to water. View the Research Spark Barnett, C. P., Suits, T. E., Sheppard, T. D., Beattie, P. N., Loizzo, J. L., Warner, L. A., Diaz, J. M., Reisinger, A. J., & Siders, A. C. (2020). ...

Do Bats Have Fingers?

In this Research Spark, learn about how the Streaming Science: Bats and Beyond electronic field trip impacted students' learning. AEC graduate student Teresa Suits conducted a content analysis of the questions middle and high school students submitted for Florida Museum of Natural History bat experts during the live 45-minute web stream. Authors: Suits, Kent, & ...