TY - JOUR A1 - Foehrder, Torben A1 - Mund, Jan-Peter A1 - Spathelf, Peter T1 - Advantages of 360° Virtual Forest Tours to Supplement Academic Forestry Education JF - GI_Forum N2 - 360° virtual forest tours (VFTs), created by state-of-the-art virtual reality technology, contribute to the progression of academic e-learning and forest management. The article proposes a conceptual framework for 360° VFT production and use to supplement field courses. Reflective insights into the authors’ own learning process in the production of 360° VFTs, and a consideration of the general challenges of the medium are also presented. To conclude, the article summarizes the advantages of 360° VFTs for forestry education in an academic context. KW - virtual forest tours; forestry education; virtual reality; e-learning Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-5179 SN - 2308-1708 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 34 EP - 44 PB - Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ER -