City Tech Professors To Publish New Book on Interdisciplinary Studies

A new book co-edited by City Tech Professors Reneta D. Lansiquot and Sean P. MacDonald, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Virtual Place-Based Learning, will be published in Ferbuary 2020. It includes several chapters written by City Tech faculty from a number of different departments and builds on Prof. Lansiquot and MacDonald’s previous book, Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning in Urban Education: Exploring Virtual Worlds (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

This book explores how virtual place-based learning and research has been interpreted and incorporated into learning environments both within and across disciplinary perspectives. Contributing authors highlight the ways in which they have employed a variety of methodologies to engage students in the virtual exploration of place. In the process, they focus on the approaches they have used to bring the real world closer through virtual exploration. Chapters examine how the resources of the urban environment have been tapped to design student research projects within the context of an interdisciplinary course. In this way, authors highlight how virtual place-based learning has employed the tools of mapping and data visualization, information literacy, game design, digital storytelling, and the creation of non-fiction VR documentaries. This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature, offering a model of how the study of place can be employed in creative ways to enhance interdisciplinary learning.

For more information about this book, including a free preview, visit https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030324704.