Dr. Deborah Raines is a perinatal researcher, curriculum design consultant and educational technologist. In August 2013 she joined the faculty of the School of Nursing at the University at Buffalo: SUNY. Virtual field trips was an Award Winner: 2014 Sloan-C Effective Practice Award.

Online technologies remove the barriers of location, cost and time from learning activities. A virtual field trip provides an
opportunity for learners to experience people, places and things in different geographic locations. During this presentation the process of creating a virtual field trip will be described and demonstrated.