Virtual fieldwork, real-world communities - interview and survey data

This project addressed three research questions: 1. To what extent can an alternative fieldtrip be a shared experience? 2. What is the role of fieldwork in building learning communities? 3. What is the role of different technologies in shaping analogues of traditional fieldwork? <br> To explore the research questions from the perspective of lecturers, students and other stakeholders, we conducted three strands of research: 1. evaluation of two fieldwork experiences selected to represent different learning community experiences: i. an environmental science ‘fieldcast’, as experienced in a dispersed community of OU students: a. observation of the fieldcast b. online survey of randomly-selected student participants c. semi-structured interviews with staff involved in the fieldcasts ii. observation of a Fieldwork Live course run by the Field Studies Council as experienced by a home-based participant 2. semi-structured interviews with eight stakeholders 3. a literature review relating to fieldwork and analogous fieldwork experiences <br> This dataset includes the results of the online survey (MS Excel) and transcripts of the interviews with stakeholders (MS Word).

本研究围绕三个核心研究问题展开探讨：1. 替代性实地考察（fieldwork）可在多大程度上成为共享式体验？2. 实地考察在构建学习共同体（learning community）的过程中发挥着怎样的作用？3. 各类技术在塑造传统实地考察的替代体验时分别承担何种角色？
为从讲师、学生及其他利益相关者的视角探究上述研究问题，本研究开展了三项研究工作：1. 对两组代表不同学习共同体体验的实地考察活动进行评估：i. 开放大学（Open University, OU）远程学生社群参与的环境科学“实地转播活动（fieldcast）”：a. 对该实地转播活动的观察记录；b. 对随机抽取的学生参与者开展的线上问卷调查（online survey）；c. 对参与该实地转播活动的工作人员进行的半结构化访谈（semi-structured interviews）；ii. 由野外研究委员会（Field Studies Council）开设的《Fieldwork Live》实地课程的观察记录，该课程面向居家参与的学习者；2. 对8名利益相关者开展半结构化访谈；3. 针对实地考察及替代性实地考察体验开展系统性文献综述（literature review）。
本数据集包含线上问卷调查结果（存储格式为Microsoft Excel）及利益相关者访谈转录文本（存储格式为Microsoft Word）。