How to Record 360-degree Videos of Field Trips for Education in Civil Engineering

Abstract

As part of Virtual Reality, 360-degree videos have potential to enhance tertiary education. One application area is the documentation of field trips in the discipline of civil engineering. Field trips are usually organized infrequently, with shifting motives and are limited to small groups of students. 360-degree videos share the experiences of field trips with a wider student-audience. However, recording 360-degree videos requires careful preparations. Therefore, the paper addresses the issue how 360-videos should be recorded for usage as supportive medium in educational contexts. Based on a literature research the authors compile a set of recommendations and verify it through two case studies in Bangladesh. The aim of the paper is to enable educational stakeholders to record elaborated 360-degree videos to enrich tertiary education in civil engineering by a promising medium of learning