Campus Tour Research Articles

Indigenizing the Alternative Campus Tour at York University, Toronto, Canada

This article presents the Alternative Campus Tour at York University, Toronto, Canada, as a land acknowledgement that critically engages with the neoliberal university and contributes to the indigenization efforts on and of the campus. This article also explores the potential of re-wording common-day academic concepts and words as a means of decolonization. Words and names can lack the animacy and intimacy that are necessary in addressing the current social justice and sustainability crisis. Translated and unique words and concepts from Indigenous languages hold room for innovation. They convey a consistent message of interconnectedness between the human and more-than-human worlds. This article recognizes that some universities have adopted Indigenous-inspired or Indigenous names for various campus attributes. But this article also points to the practice of incorporating Indigenous words, concepts and expressions as routine features on the campus tour rather than confining them to specific disciplines, courses and programmes.

College Campus Tour using AR/VR

This project focuses on developing an immersive 360° virtual campus tour using augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies to enhance accessibility and engagement for prospective students, alumni, and visitors. Integrated into the college's official website, this virtual tour enables users to explore key campus locations, view event-based images and information by selecting specific dates, and experience campus life from a remote setting. By leveraging high-definition 360° video and interactive elements, the project addresses challenges in accessibility, engagement, and marketing faced by traditional static campus presentations. The system architecture includes modules for video capture, interactive feature integration, and seamless website embedding, utilizing advanced technologies like WebGL, A-Frame, and machine learning algorithms for content retrieval and event-based data integration. The project aims to increase the institution's digital presence and support recruitment and alumni engagement

Exposing postdocs to multiple institutional types: a PROMISE-ing intervention to prepare biomedical faculty

Biomedical faculty positions require experience as a postdoctoral scholar (or “postdoc”). However, there is a current misalignment with postdoctoral training and workforce needs within higher education. The majority of postdocs are trained to be research faculty while completing fellowships at research-intensive universities, despite the fact that the majority of US higher educational institutions (where these postdocs may be employed) focus on undergraduate education. This leads to postdoctoral scholars not having the opportunity to gain exposure to different institutional types where they could be employed. Importantly, they also lack the opportunity to build a network or receive mentorship from faculty at non-R1 institutions. This may be particularly true of underrepresented scholars. In this brief report, we describe the practice of the NSF-funded PROMISE Academy Alliance to bridge this training gap and support greater preparation for faculty careers at an array of institutional types by leveraging collaboration within a state university system. A survey of PROMISE Academy Fellows about their structured experiences engaging with other campuses (e.g., campus tours, workshops, speaking opportunities) reveals that visits to other campuses within the state system are informative and impactful, both on their research and their employment interests. The positive findings can hopefully inspire easy-to-implement changes in postdoctoral support across other university systems or regional consortia.

StaffsVerse: Building a Metaverse Campus Utilising the Unreal Editor for Fortnite

In pursuit of redefining the conventional campus introductory experience, this paper presents the development and implementation of the StaffsVerse project - a virtual campus immersion tool. Designed as a Metaverse representation, the StaffsVerse project intends to transform the physical campus of Staffordshire University into an interactive digital environment. Its purpose extends to serving as a versatile tool for remote education delivery, virtual campus tours, public science outreach, and facilitating a seamless transition for students into the university community. Through immersive digital engagement, the StaffsVerse project seeks to bridge the gap between remote learners and the campus environment while facilitating a smooth integration into academic and social aspects of university life. In contrast to previous implementations of virtual campuses, the StaffsVerse project is unique in leveraging the capabilities of Unreal Editor in Fortnite (UEFN). This approach enables the development of highly detailed, interactive, and engaging environments within the expansive Fortnite ecosystem. The project's primary objective is to harness the infrastructure and extensive user base of one of the world's most widely played multi-platform games, thereby ensuring a low barrier to access. Therefore, this paper will explore how the UEFN system's adaptability can effectively create an accurate virtual replica of the physical Staffordshire University campus. The key contribution of this paper includes an overview of the design and developmental journey of the StaffsVerse project. The evolution of the project will be outlined by discussing the two pivotal iterations of the game-based implementation and explaining the decision-making process that led to the resulting version. The examination extends to the unique features of the UEFN build, addressing the inherent challenges and opportunities specific to the platform. Furthermore, specific game-based decisions are discussed, such as replicating essential campus locations, integrating interactive features, and incorporating elements unique to the virtual environment. The paper will discuss the specific educational opportunities UEFN offers, including the potential for enhancing student engagement through gamified campus experiences, insights into creating a Metaverse university campus, and contributions to the growing discourse on the intersection of game-based virtual environments in learning.

The Rural Youth Public Health Summit: A Pilot Pathway Program for Rural Adolescents.

There is a pressing need to increase the health care and public health workforce in rural communities across the United States. In Colorado, many of the rural communities are medically underserved, lacking resources and employment prospects to appropriately address the health needs of its communities. A potential strategy to address these medically underserved areas and the public health workforce shortage is to develop pathway programs for rural adolescents into health-related careers. The Rural Youth Public Health Summit (Summit) was a pilot pathway program for rural secondary school students hosted at a 4-year public university. The planning and formation of the Summit were done through the collaboration of school administration and teachers, university faculty and staff, educational non-profits, and health care and public health professionals. The Summit's goals were to increase awareness and interest in public health careers and to further partnerships between a university and rural secondary schools. Participants included 22 secondary school students and 10 chaperones from rural schools. Throughout the 2-day Summit, participants engaged in campus tours, a keynote speaker, workshops facilitated by faculty and public health professionals, and an overnight stay in the dorms. Despite some limitations, the Summit showed promising results as a pilot program in its ability to conduct planning, outreach, recruitment, and facilitation of a pathway program to connect rural adolescents to college education and career opportunities in public health.

Code Mixing In Jerome Youtube Videos

The phenomenon of code mixing is not only found in society, but also on social media such as YouTube. One of the YouTubers in Indonesia who often uses code mixing is Jerome Polin. Jerome Goes to School is one of the contents in his YouTube video, in that content he uses code mixing to communicate with his interlocutors or his audience. Code mixing has three types, namely, insertion, alternation, and congruent lexicalisation. The purpose of this study is to identify the types of code mixing used in Jerome Polin's utterances. This research uses Muysken's (2000) theory to analyse the types of code mixing. The data source for this research was taken from a video on Jerome's YouTube channel called Nihongo Mantappu. The data comes from Jerome Polin's utterances in YouTube content videos. Researcher investigate two data videos from the youtube channel. The first video is entitled Kaget! Di Kampus Ada Stadium!? Keliling Univ No.1 Taiwan(NTU)| Goes to School. The second video is Akhirnya!! Wasedaboys Ke Cambridge University! Campus Tour Naik Kapal!? | World Trip 6. This research uses descriptive qualitative method, the researcher collected data, made analyzes, and made conclusions. The results of this study found a total of 74 code mixing data. The most common type found is insertion and the least type is alternation. Insertion was found 69 (93.24%) data, alternation 1 (1.35%) data, and congruent lexicalisation 4 (5.41%) data.

Setting a Better Default: Designing a Welcome Academy for New Faculty Centered on Inclusive Teaching in Engineering

This design case describes a Welcome Academy for New Faculty in Engineering. To situate the design, this work is mo- tivated by the documented need to make STEM education more inclusive. This need has prompted extensive research on best practices for inclusive teaching, but less is known about how to translate that research into actual teaching practice. This design case addresses that difficulty. Influenced by Thaler and Sunstein’s theory of nudging, the Welcome Academy resets the default to expect inclusive teaching. To develop the design, we organized an off-campus summit to solicit input from current engineering faculty on the question, “What do new engineering faculty need to know about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)?” That input guided the creation of a four-hour workshop, delivered the morning after campus-wide new faculty orientation, that included an icebreaker, basic campus demographics, curated DEI-related resources, a campus tour emphasizing historical power dy- namics, and presentations by current engineering students. To depict the experience of the design, we describe the final implementation, which varied from the design at points, and the unanimously positive feedback from new faculty. That feedback, however, was not the result of a flawless implementation: We also describe a number of failures that will improve subsequent iterations of the Welcome Academy, emphasizing the importance of communication, respect, and flexibility.

Menuju Puncak Sukses: Transformasi Mimpi melalui Pendidikan Vokasi

<p><em>The Community Service Activity (PKM) held at the Algaf Building, Politeknik Piksi Input Serang, was an initiative designed to motivate and enlighten high school graduates from SMA/SMK/MA/equivalent about the importance of higher education, especially in vocational fields. Attended by 225 participants, including students and teachers from various regions of Serang, as well as lecturers and educational staff from Politeknik Piksi Input Serang, the event offered a series of presentations, lectures, group discussions, and in-depth Q&A sessions. The goal was to broaden participants' perspectives on the opportunities and career prospects achievable through vocational education. Additionally, a campus tour provided a tangible overview of the learning environment and available facilities, stimulating participants' interest in pursuing further education. While the event was successful in delivering information and motivation, it fell short in allocating sufficient time for direct interaction, necessitating future adjustments. Suggestions for improvement include extending the time for discussion sessions and utilizing information technology to maximize participant engagement and satisfaction.</em></p>

Selling Place, Selling Faith: What Christian University Tour Guides Reveal About a Theology of Place

Drawing from their personal experiences and professional trainings, campus tour guides are uniquely positioned to introduce a theology of place to prospective students. From a qualitative paradigm, this project investigated the lives, work, and meaning-making of ten tour guides at a Christian university. Guides felt connected to their campus community and experienced God’s presence everywhere, privileged realities they – through symbols, objects, and interactions – strategically shared and subtly normalized for tour-goers. This study illuminates the challenges of mission-based practice, highlighting how students navigated these tensions, and encourages practitioners to think theologically about the campus places they work to promote.

Modelling of Virtual Campus Tour in Minecraft

Virtual tours have revolutionized the way to explore and experience places from the comfort of our own home. Through advanced technology and immersive digital platforms, virtual tours offer a compelling alternative to tradition face-to-face visits. Whether a famous landmark, museum, real estate or natural wonders, virtual tours offer a unique opportunity to navigate and discover these places form a distance. Meanwhile, creating a virtual tour in Minecraft can provide a unique and immersive experience that sets the users apart from other virtual tour platforms. Minecraft is one of the most popular video games in the world and boasts a large and dedicated community of players. Using Minecraft for a virtual tour allow users to reach a larger audience who are already familiar with the game, increasing the likelihood of engagement and participation. In this paper, the aim is to create a virtual campus tour in Minecraft to give the visitors an immersive and interactive experience with creative freedom. A series of buildings have been built such as Siti Hasmah Digital Library, Common Lecture Complex (CLC) and Smart Lab. Visitors can move around the campus with some gameplay mechanics using mouse and keyboard. Building information was also integrated so visitors can see details about each building during the virtual tour. The virtual tour provides access, comfort and a sense of connection to prospective students, their families and international visitors. Additionally, it serves as a low-cost marketing tool that increases engagement, attracts potential students, researchers and staff and ultimately benefits the University’s recruitment efforts.

Visualisasi Gedung Kampus 1 Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo MenggunakanAugmented Reality Sebagai Media Informasi

The making of this application is as a promotional medium to increase the number of new students and introduce the campus when PMB conducts campus tours. Visualization of augmented reality (AR) campus 1 buildings at Muhammadiyah University of Sidoarjo as an information medium that can combine real and virtual objects in 3D buildings in real time. This study uses the Marker Based Tracking Method to produce applications that can display building visuals in 3D and can scan markers by pointing the smartphone camera at brochures from various angles including: top, left and right sides and back.

Exploring Campus through Web-Based Immersive Adventures Using Virtual Reality Photography: A Low-Cost Virtual Tour Experience

This study aims to assess the incorporation of virtual reality (VR) photography into the web-based immersive application “virtual interactive campus tour (VICT).” This application offers users an immersive experience, allowing them to virtually explore university campuses and access information about the facilities and services available. The VICT application offers a cost-effective, attractive, and sustainable alternative for universities to display their resources and interact with potential students. Through black box testing, we conducted user acceptance testing (UAT) and functionality testing, confirming the application’s readiness for deployment and its capability to meet institutional and end-user requirements. This study also examined the potential for universities to use VR to meet the expectations of prospective students. The application is compatible with both desktop and mobile devices. The results indicated that the overall average validity score was 0.88, suggesting that the measure is valid. The validation results were thoroughly tested and reliable. This study emphasizes the potential of immersive web-based tours in higher education and aims to bridge the divide between virtual exploration and physical visits. By offering an immersive virtual campus experience, this innovative tool has the potential to revolutionize university marketing strategies, increase student engagement, and transform campus visit approaches.

Reflective writing by medical students on the newly implemented foundation course in MBBS curriculum: An in-depth analysis

Abstract Objective: An analysis of reflective writing by medical students on the newly implemented foundation course under the Competency-based Medical Education (CBME). Materials and Methods: A month-long foundation course was conducted for the newly enrolled Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students by the National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines. After the program, 150 anonymous reflections were collected from the students. These reflections were evaluated, and common themes were identified using the thematic analysis method. Results: Students were highly appreciative of sessions such as communication and ethics, basic life skills and first aid, vaccination, hand hygiene, biomedical waste disposal, skills labs, yoga and sports, and appreciated how this course helped them seamlessly transition from school to college life and helped ease their anxieties about this significant change in their lives. Campus tours and sessions facilitated by experienced and valued faculty members gave students great insight into the profession and helped familiarize them with the hospital setup. It also made the students more comfortable with the faculty members and better acquainted with each other. Introduction to topics new to them, such as community and family medicine, was greeted with great appreciation. Students also appreciated the free form of reflective writing and how it helped them express their experience in their own words, without restrictions. Students suggested that the duration of the course be shortened or perhaps it occurs simultaneous to their syllabus but also noted that this is a beautiful addition to the curriculum set by NMC. Language sessions are region-specific and need to be validated by other studies. Change is the only constant in our lives, and this change in the curriculum seems to be a positive step toward educating empathetic and wholesome medical professionals of the future generation. Conclusion: Introducing the foundation course under CBME is a revolutionary step toward enhancing our country’s medical education system. Student reflections on the course and its sessions serve as a mirror for us to enhance and refine our curriculum. The reflections analyzed showed a significantly positive response towards the course by the students. Future studies analyzing the impact of foundation courses on their medical school journey would yield exciting insights.

Media Introduction to Aircraft Engine Collections Using QR Code at Nurtanio Laboratory ITD Adisutjipto

The Public Relations and New Student Admissions Center of the Adisutjipto Dirgantara Technology Institute often collaborates with high schools and vocational schools both from Java and outside Java in terms of campus visits and has a program called Campus Tour. In carrying out campus tour activities, there are several problems that often arise. Therefore, an application called Education for Aero Engineering Adisutjipto (TORERO) was created with a 360° virtual reality tour and voice over which was able to provide information about aircraft engines at the Nurtanio Laboratory using a QR Code. This application is expected to be able to help Public Relations and the New Student Admission Center at the Adisutjipto Aerospace Technology Institute. Application testing uses the Black Box method for system testing, and is carried out on several browsers with the results obtained that all browsers support the use of the TORERO application. User test results using the Likert scale method, obtained results with a success rate of 86.23% with a statement of strongly agree.

Run Length Encoding Compresion on Virtual Tour Campus to Enhance Load Access Performance

Virtual tour is one of the rapidly growing applications of multimedia technology which is used for various purposes, including the dissemination of information in an interesting way. The education sector is also not spared from using virtual tour media for promotional purposes, and campuses are no exception to this rule. Large virtual tour content causes high access speed, ultimately reducing the level of comfort experienced by users. This study aims to compress panoramic images displayed on a campus virtual tour using a lossless compression method and the Run Length Encoding (RLE) algorithm. First, panoramic images are combined into one, then individual images are compressed. When recreating a virtual campus tour, compressed images are used so that the amount of data transferred is smaller. The load access speed index increases from 7,233 seconds to 3,789 seconds when images are compressed from 64 bits to 8 bits, with a compression percentage of 27%. The findings from this research are that the RLE algorithm has not been able to compress large files effectively even though it is quite successful in increasing the load access of the virtual tour website.

Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Making Space for Indigenous Girls Visiting York University

Abstract We examine the possibilities for Indigenization afforded by a visit from the girls’ group, Young Indigenous Women's Utopia (YIWU), to York University. Through classroom presentations, workshops, and a book launch, the girls shared their knowledge, perspectives, culture, and art, challenged stereotypes, and inspired university community members. The visit encouraged local students and faculty to find innovative ways to disrupt prevailing colonial norms by employing strategies such as public workshops, the Alternative Campus Tour and curating exhibits so as to integrate Indigenous knowledge, histories, and epistemologies. In this article, we explore the transformative potential of such encounters and emphasize the imperative to prioritize Indigenous knowledge systems and empower Indigenous girls in educational realms.

VR Based Remote Campus Tour

Abstract: We recommend a system called "Virtual Tour of College Infrastructure" that gives a virtual college tour to visitors, such as students, parents, and guests. They may be interested in learning about the facilities and infrastructure offered by the college. For this, students must really travel to the college campus, which will take a lot of their time and effort and cost money for those who live far away. The suggested solution offers a virtual perspective of the infrastructure at the college in order to address this problem. This enables visitors access a certain department or lab from a distance. Additionally, it can be displayed at the College's main gate to assist visitors in finding a certain student, member of staff, or lab by outlining the precise route through the "Search" module. Virtual reality is essentially how this technology operates. Combining two or more photos to create an image panorama is the procedure. The method of producing an image panorama from a collection of photos with overlapped fields is known as image stitching. The process of stitching together photographs is difficult because of issues including noise-corrupted images, indexing a lot of images, high image resolution, parallax, and scene motion. Another difficulty is getting rid of seams that are noticeable. This work applied a feature-based automatic image stitching approach to obtain a broad seamless panorama.

Counter-tour as resuscitation: breathing life into the campus memory landscape

ABSTRACT Based on a decade of work at my home campus, I argue that a counter-memory campus tour answers Ersula Ore and Matthew Houdek’s call for rhetorical storytelling of experiences and places related to race, violence, and white supremacy. I recount ways that counter-memory campus tours can “breathe life into memory” of first Black students and resuscitate their lived experience in profound ways for contemporary audiences. Amid campus landscapes marked by “white memorial time,” I argue that counter-memory tours resist that linearity, attend to the spatio-temporal politics of race and trauma, and honor our Black pioneers in higher education.

Video Interviews and Surgical Applicants’ Ability to Assess Fit to Residency Programs

IntroductionDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the recruitment cycle for the 2021 Match was performed virtually. This Association for Surgical Education (ASE)-sponsored survey set out to study applicants’ ability to assess the factors contributing to fit through video interviews. MethodsAn IRB-approved, online, anonymous survey was distributed to surgical applicants at a single academic institution and through the ASE clerkship director distribution list between the rank order list certification deadline and Match Day. Applicants used 5-point Likert-type scales to rate factors for importance to fit and their ease of assessment through video interviewing. A variety of recruitment activities were also rated by applicants for their perceived helpfulness in assessment of fit. ResultsOne hundred and eighty-three applicants responded to the survey. The three most important factors for applicant fit were how much the program cared, how satisfied residents seem with their program, and how well residents get along. Resident rapport, diversity of the patient population, and quality of the facilities were hardest to assess through video interviews. In general, diversity-related factors were more important to female and non-White applicants, but not more difficult to assess. Interview day and resident-only virtual panels were the most helpful recruitment activities, while virtual campus tours, faculty-only panels, and a program's social media were the least helpful. ConclusionsThis study provides valuable insight into the limitations of virtual recruitment for surgical applicants’ perception of fit. These findings and the recommendations herein should be taken into consideration by residency program leadership to ensure successful recruitment of diverse residency classes.

One by One, the Stars

One by One, the Stars