I found an interesting article that has paired two web 2.0 technologies...geotagging and wikis. The most interesting part of the article is how geotagging is being used in science and engineering disciplines to apply real-world applications to text learning. I work primarily with the College of Forest Resources and one of their concerns with distance education is how to accomplish field based labs. It seems that geotagging would be an excellent way to accomplish some of their exercises regardless of where the student or the teacher are located.

The combination of geotagging and wiki would allow for collaborative learning in which the student can play an active part in the learning process. According to Safran et. al. (2009), articles can be attached to the wiki which apply to the geotag for additional learning.

This process sounds very interesting. One of the classes for the fall was planning an online scavenger hunt to familiarize the distance students with our campus. I think that the combination of the geotagg and wiki would be an great option to achieve this objective.

Reference:
Safran, C., Ebner, M., Garcia-Barrios, V.M. & Kappe, F. (2009). Higher education m-learning and e-learning scenarios for a geospatial wiki. In T. Bastiaens et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (pp. 3678-3685). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/33013.