The adoption of Google Earth into teaching and learning for tourism geography course
Johanna Adlin Ahmad1, Zatul Iffah Mohd Fuza2, Zaharah Mohamed Rani3, Silverina Anabelle Kibat4, Zarifah Mohd Zain5.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the spectrum of education
where university students need to learn remotely from home. The
open and distance learning posed a challenge for the Diploma in
Tourism Management students that are learning tourism
geography. This is due to the course requiring high visual learning
and students need to grasp the knowledge of faraway destinations.
This necessitated the lecturers to utilize Google Earth to help
facilitate the students to learn tourism geography. Hence, the study
aims to explore the adoption of Google Earth in teaching and
learning tourism geography courses through the perspectives of the
students. The study employed qualitative methods, where a
preliminary study conducted involved five participants from
semester four of Diploma in Tourism Management students from
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Pulau Pinang campus. For
data analysis, the interview’s content and thematic analysis are
presented in the paper. The finding revealed that Google Earth did
enhance students’ learning experience through understanding and
assisting them to remember the destination. It is also discovered
that Google Earth software has the potential to be used in other
courses in the program such as tour guiding and planning in
tourism. The study contributes to the enhancement of teaching and
learning tools whereby by using Google Earth, it can enhance
student’s learning and remember tourist attractions better.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Terengganu, Kampus Dungun, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Sabah, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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