Association of American Geographers

Annual Meeting, Ft. Worth Texas, 1-5 April 1997

Sessions Related to the Virtual Geography Department Project

1. Workshop: Overview of the Worldwide Web and the Virtual Geography Department Project, Leader: Ken Foote. This is a day-long workshop that will be held at the Department of Geography, University of North Texas.

2. Paper Session: Virtual Geography Department Project, Chair and Organizer: Chandra S. Balachanadran

   • Ken Foote. "The Virtual Geography Department Project: an overview."

   • Mike Ritter. "Virtual field trips for learning physical geography."

   • Michael Solem. "Modules as models: educational analogues for WWW-based instructional materials."

   • Ingolf Vogeler. "Developing a World-Wide Web Course: House types in Eau Claire."

   • Cy Young. "Using the World-Wide-Web to enhance students learning in Introductory Human Geography."

3. Panel Discussion: Clusters of the Virtual Geography Department. Chair: Ken Foote. Organizer: Chandra S. Balachandran. Panelists:

   • Physical Geography: Linda Barrett

   • Cultural Geography: Chandra Balachandran

   • History & Philosophy: Jon Kilpinen.

   • Earth's Environment and Society: Robert Ford

   • Human Geography: Chuck Ziehr.

   • Virtual Field Trip: Mike Ritter