Electronic Field Trip records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Betacam SP, DVCPRO, DVCAM, MiniDV, HDCAM, DVD, VHS, and CD-R video assets from Ball State Electronic Field Trips in Muncie, IN ranging from 1996 to 2009.
Dates
- 1996-2009
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History
The Ball State University Electronic Field Trips project presented a series of electronic, video, and interactive teaching resources for students building upon the field trip theme. The project, a partnership between Ball State University and a variety of museums and cultural institutions, provided students with an an "out of class" experience by creating television episodes, webisodes, web content, and lesson plans regarding the themes of each episode. At Ball State, the project served as a collaboration between the Teachers College, Teleplex, Emerging Technologies, and the Office of Information Technology. Episodes in the series ran from 1996 to 2009.
Extent
12 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Materials in this collection are arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Betacam SP videos
Subseries 1.1: Final Program videos
Subseries 1.2: Partial recordings and feeds
Subseries 1.3: Additional copies of programs
Series 2: DVCPRO videos
Series 3: DVCAM videos
Series 4: MiniDV videos
Series 5: HDCAM videos
Series 6: DVD recordings
Series 7: VHS recordings
Series 8: CD-R resources
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a records transfer from Emerging Technologies on 2012/11/14.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
- Documentary television programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nonfiction television programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Video recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Video tapes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Electronic Field Trip records
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Ball State University Archives Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
