Fieldwork remains a problem in terms of accessibility to many students, either because of physical disability or cost. The World-Wide Web provides a medium which allows increasing access to remote sites and areas, and to areas which are otherwise inaccessible (e.g. institutions, factories, extra-terrestrial surfaces, etc.). Web-based virtual course materials are still at a rudimentary stage but they are changing rapidly. Here we provide URLs for a range of web sites which provide access to varying degrees.

Relevant Web Sites:

http://www.le.ac.uk/cti

CTICG (Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Geography). Lists a very wide range of virtual courses and fieldtrips world-wide.

http://wwwhost.cc.utexas.edu/ftp/pub/grg/virtdept/contents.html

The Virtual Geography Department. At the University of Texas at Austin includes details of Virtual Geography Workshop and some sample modules (e.g. Workshop Space: A Case Study in Urbanization and Environment; K.E. Foote and S. Crum). This site also includes a world list of virtual fieldtrips (under construction) and a subject list of virtual fieldtrips

http://www.city.net/

Citynet web-site, good for general information on cities world-wide.

http://hum.amu.pl/~sgp/gw/gwedu.htm

Association of Polish Geomorphologists site which has an evolving Virtual geomorphology book.

http://www.goodearth.com/virtcave.html

A Virtual Cave site.

Relevant References:

• Kitchin, R. & Sykes, L. (1995) Invisible geography on the internet, Geographical Magazine, November, 22-24

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