One mission of the National Park Service (NPS) is to educate the next generation of national park supporters; however, not every elementary schooler is able to visit a national park. The NPS plans to expand their outreach through distance learning. The project goal was to assist Rock Creek Park and Friends of Peirce Mill with their distance learning initiative by assessing the distance learning technologies used by other national parks, developing interactive virtual lessons about Peirce Mill for third grade students, and creating training materials for the park and partners. Interviews with educators from national parks and other organizations revealed trends in techniques and technologies used in their distance learning programs. A recommendation was made to Rock Creek Park about how to develop and conduct distance learning programs.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Durkin, Lily Z.
• Khan, Shamiha S.
• Dinatale, Nickalas J.
• Miller, Kelly A.

Subject

• Environment
• Innovation
• Learning
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121120-122205
• 4981

Advisor

• Hanlan, James P.
• Ault, Holly Keyes

Year

• 2020

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• National Park Service

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2020-12-11

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificação

• 2021-03-09