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Student Presentation

Sharing Place Names of Hanauma Bay: A Multimedia Prototype
Elizabeth Maynard, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, kumabe@hawaii.edu

Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve is recognized worldwide as a model of sustainable resource use with almost a million annual visitors. Educating about the ecological and cultural systems of a place can lead to a deeper understanding about the place followed by an appreciation and, through appreciation, stewardship. By using the interesting stories of cultural and natural history of Hanauma Bay in the naming of locations, this instructional design project aimed to develop a multimedia module prototype to educate Hawaii residents and encourage them to visit Hanauma Bay by reaching beyond the physical park boundaries using virtual and web-based media. Thirty education and outreach specialists in Hawaii’s natural resource agencies and environmental programs evaluated the effectiveness of this resource tool. The findings highlighted great interest in this prototype module. Participants felt access to a variety of related visual and video files provided an effective and engaging educational resource tool. Input to improve this module included increased information and stories about each site using a variety of media such as audio files or video of aerial flyovers to give more encompassing images of the locations. Implications of this virtual education strategy are discussed.

All Audiences informal education, environmental education, virtual