Thomas Ruberto
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Phone: 623-217-6574
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Fax: 623-218-6574
My research involves designing, producing, assessing, and implementing immersive, interactive virtual field trips (iVFTs) for place-based education (PBE) and then evaluating their effectiveness as a learning modality. iVFTs for PBE can level the education playing field in the geosciences and other disciplines by providing students across the globe with access to pedagogically rich sites while mitigating the barriers of time, cost, distance, safety, equity, and accessibility. Of added interest is the importance of place-based learning in geoscience and other disciplines, and how to effectively transfer the power of in-person place-based learning and its associated sense of place gains to the digital realm. Additionally, my research examines ways to decentralize the virtual field trip (VFT) production process by creating workflows and best practices that empower students and teachers to produce their own VFTs.
PhD Geological Sciences & Geoscience Education from ASU - graduated May 2023
M.S. Geological Sciences from ASU - graduated August 2018
B.S. Earth & Space Exploration (Geological Sciences) from ASU - graduated May 2016
Associate of Science from Estrella Mountain Community College - graduated May 2014
Associate of Arts from Estrella Mountain Community College - graduated May 2014
