本文为英国利物浦约翰摩尔大学（作者：Anthony David Cliffe）的博士论文，共701页。

本文研究了无人机（UAV）在地学野外工作中建立增强型虚拟野外指南（EVFG）的作用。本研究采用实用主义的混合方法，探讨「如何利用无人机的信息建立一个强化的地学实地作业虚拟实地指南」的研究议题？

本论文分四个不同的部分来研究这个问题：实地调查、实地调查中的移动技术、实地调查中的无人机，最后是由无人机技术创建的增强型虚拟实地指南设计与评估。为了实现这一目标，使用了在线问卷调查、访谈、小组聚焦研讨和实地考察，其中选择了两所英国大学的地球科学工作人员和学生。无人机是一种迅速兴起的商业技术，然而，它们在野外工作中的吸引力和对其潜力的批判性讨论一直受到限制。

这项研究是在本研究访谈者的指导下创建的，是一个创新的增强型虚拟领域指南，供学生在最后一年的实地调查模块和作业中使用。这项关于实地调查和移动技术的研究结果证实，实地调查和移动技术仍然是地球科学学生课程的一个组成部分，大多数学生仍然非常享受实地调查的积极方面。然而，这项研究发现，在野外工作和移动技术的使用中，有许多未经探索的黑暗面，如残疾、分心和一些学生无法接近的现实。就无人机的教育价值而言，本研究展示了无人机实战经验的许多潜在益处。然而，本论文强调了无人机技术带来的许多独特的挑战，这些挑战已经并将继续阻碍无人机在实地工作中的应用。从无人机开发的EVFG的价值已经被证明是一个有用的工具，教育工作者和学生的实地工作能够提高效率，在现场更深入地与更多同行学习讨论，并为教育工作者和学生提供有效的学习工具，尤其是在野外工作之后。

This thesis investigated the role of anUnmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the creation of an Enhanced Virtual FieldGuide (EVFG) in Geoscience fieldwork. This research used a pragmatic mixed methodsapproach to investigate the research question “How can an Unmanned AerialVehicle’s data be used to create an Enhanced Virtual Field Guide for Geosciencefieldwork?” The thesis examines the question in four distinct sections;fieldwork, mobile technologies in fieldwork, UAVs in fieldwork and finally, thecreation and evaluation of the Enhanced Virtual Field Guide created by UAVtechnology. To achieve this, online questionnaires, interviews, focus groupsand fieldwork observations with a selection of Geoscience staff and students attwo UK Universities were utilised. UAVs are a rapidly emerging commercialtechnology, however, their uptake and critical discussion around theirpotential in fieldwork with students has been limited. This study created with theguidance of those interviewed in this research, an innovative Enhanced VirtualField Guide for students to utilise in their final year fieldwork module andassignment. Findings from this research with regards to fieldwork and mobiletechnologies confirms that fieldwork and mobile technologies are still anintegral part of a geoscience students course and the majority of studentsstill greatly enjoy the positive aspects of fieldwork. However, this researchhas discovered many unexplored darker sides of fieldwork and mobile technologyuse in fieldwork, such as disabilities, distractions, and lack of access forsome students. In terms of the educational value of UAVs, this researchshowcases the many potential benefits for the fieldwork experience. Yet, this thesishighlights the many distinct and unique challenges that are attributed to UAVtechnologies that have and will continue to hinder their uptake on fieldwork.The value of this EVFG developed from a UAV has been shown to be a useful toolfor educators and students on fieldwork as examined in this thesis, such as animprovement of efficiency in the field, deeper and more peer learningdiscussions in the field and for it to be an effective learning tool for botheducators and students, particularly post fieldwork.

1 引言

2 研究方法

3 实地工作

4 实地工作的移动技术

5 无人机

6 虚拟景观模型的生成及后续的增强虚拟场地指南

7 EVFG评估

8 结论

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