{"id":60671,"date":"2017-09-14T09:21:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T13:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=60671"},"modified":"2017-09-14T09:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T13:21:17","slug":"reef-hq-video-conferencing-for-online-learning-virtuallyinspired-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/09\/14\/reef-hq-video-conferencing-for-online-learning-virtuallyinspired-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Reef HQ Video Conferencing for Online Learning [virtuallyinspired.org]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtuallyinspired.org\/portfolio\/reef-hq\/?utm_source=Virtually+Inspired+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=6213dae242-Virtually_Inspired_Reef_HQ_Sept_13_2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Reef HQ Video Conferencing for Online Learning<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from virtuallyinspired.org<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What are the chances that a majority of students will have the opportunity to explore an ocean far away or more importantly, with a top scientist or expert as a personal guide? A journey down under reveals an innovative online program that is swimming in delightful content and providing students (and instructors) around the world an experience they won\u2019t soon forget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The national aquarium of Australia, Reef HQ has taken video conferencing online to a new level. Students around the globe can experience the Australia\u2019s Great Barrier Reef in true-to-life, high-definition sound and visuals while being taught from underwater.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nIn this case, Reef HQ is using videoconferencing to conduct virtual field trips connecting subject matter experts in a living coral reef to students in classrooms across the globe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Scuba divers can see, hear and interact with students giving them a first-hand experience of the delicate marine ecosystem and habitats of the world\u2019s largest living coral reef aquarium located in Townsville, North Queensland. \u201cStudents today have more options for education, both formally and informally. The scope for delivering education has broadened greatly with advances in technology and increased accessibility,\u201d says Fred Nucifora, executive director at Reef HQ Aquarium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reef HQ Video Conferencing for Online Learning\u00a0&#8212; from virtuallyinspired.org Excerpt: What are the chances that a majority of students will have the opportunity to explore an ocean far away or more importantly, with a top scientist or expert as a personal guide? A journey down under reveals an innovative online program that is swimming in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[318,95,419,180,62,367,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-global","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-online-learning","category-vendors","category-videoconferencing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60673,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60671\/revisions\/60673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}