An Active Vision Approach to Understanding and Improving Visual Training in the Geosciences

野外经验是地质学家学生培训的一个基本组成部分，但实际考虑限制了参加广泛野外项目的学生人数。此外，很少有人知道新手地质学家如何获得专家的视觉技能，提出了如何最好地开发教学干预的问题。这个为期5年的项目调查了专家和新手地球科学家在该领域和虚拟半沉浸式显示环境中的差异。研究团队由科学家和教育工作者组成，他们在感知学习、地质学和生物物理学、眼动记录和分析以及自然环境的大视场图像捕捉方面具有专业知识。他们假设专家和新手的眼球运动序列之间存在很大差异，新手在实地考察中会有所改善。研究人员将在虚拟环境中研究类似的群体，希望通过比较在两个环境中收集的数据来获得更多的学习见解。他们的最终目标是设计一个虚拟的半沉浸式环境，复制现场学习经验的突出方面。

Field experience is a fundamental part of the training of student geologists, but practical considerations limit the numbers of students who can take part in extensive field programs. Moreover, little is known about how novice geologists acquire the visual skills of experts, raising questions about how best to develop teaching interventions. The 5-year project investigates differences between expert and novice geoscientists in the field and in a virtual semi-immersive display environment. The research team is composed of scientists and educators with expertise in perceptual learning, geology and geophysics, the recording and analyzing of eye movements, and large-field-of-view image capture of natural environments. They hypothesize that there are large differences between the eye-movement sequences of experts and novices, and that novices will show improvement during a field trip. The researchers will study similar groups in a virtual environment, hoping to gain additional insight into learning through comparisons of the data collected in the two environments. Their ultimate goal is to design a virtual semi-immersive environment that replicates the salient aspects of the field learning experience.