Evaluation of the quality of outdoor digital interpretation of natural heritage

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Published: Apr 5, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/18023061.560
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Interpretation of natural heritage, digitalisation, evaluation, quality

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Jan Činčera
Masaryk university, Faculty of social science
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0704-7402
Michal Medek
Czech Institute for Heritage Interpretation
Miroslav Lupač
Koniklec Agency

Abstract

The study discusses the question of quality of field digital interpretation of natural heritage. It describes the process of defining the quality criteria, encompassing a combination of literature review, focus groups with experts, and field survey. In the last part it introduces and discusses the key quality criteria for recommendation for further authors of digital interpretation.

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Činčera, J., Medek, M., & Lupač, M. (2018). Evaluation of the quality of outdoor digital interpretation of natural heritage. Envigogika, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.14712/18023061.560
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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018)
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Reviewed Papers
Author Biographies

Jan Činčera, Masaryk university, Faculty of social science

The author is an associate professor at Masaryk University of Brno (Faculty of social science, Department of environmental studies). He focuses on theory, methodics and evaluation of environmental education and education for sustainable development. He cooperates with environmental education centres as a programme evaluator and consultant.

Michal Medek, Czech Institute for Heritage Interpretation

Czech Institute for Heritage Interpretation

Miroslav Lupač, Koniklec Agency

Koniklec Agency

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