Christine M Van Winkle
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine M Van Winkle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine M |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Winkle |
| SIGNATURE | VAN WINKLE C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manitoba |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3262-4112 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Navigating uncertainty
The COVID-19 pandemic affected many industries, including the organisation of community events. One of the main consequences of the pandemic has been ongoing uncertainty. Defining and managing uncertainty is complex and has been explored from different angles; however, little has been written from the perspective of event and festival organisations. This study employs qualitative interviews with festival organisers in Mexico, the United States an…
Polar bears, climate change, and trusted messengers
Nature-based tourism is often touted as an inherently effective form of ecotourism, where visitors become ambassadors for the places they visit and participate in transformative experiences. However, research demonstrates that behavior change and transformative experiences remain elusive. This study builds upon the Contextual Model of Learning and Transformative Learning Theory by exploring visitors’ learning and behavior change at both in situ a…
Free-choice learning in agritourism
Agritourism is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural practices and agricultural literacy. As such, agritourism is an increasingly important way for the general public to learn about agricultural practices, issues, and concepts. It is commonly assumed that agritourism experiences result in learning, yet there is very little research that demonstrates this or explores what kind of learning is possible. This research used personal mea…
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2
This research advances understanding of mobile device use in a leisure context by applying and expanding the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to festival settings. Through on-site surveys at three festivals the UTAUT2 model and an adapted version for mobile device use at a festival were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results reveal that the modified UTAUT2 demonstrat…
The role of post-visit action resources in facilitating meaningful free-choice learning after a zoo visit
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate their learning into behavior change after a visit. This research explores the role of post-visit acti…
The Effects of Entertainment and Fun on the Visitor's Free-Choice Learning Experience
Fun and entertainment are often part of the visitor's learning experience at attractions, but we know little about how fun and entertainment impact learning processes and outcomes. This article discusses how the learning process (cognitive load) and outcome (learning transfer) are affected by the perception of the learning experience as fun and entertaining. Historic site tour participants completed a self-administered questionnaire at the end of…
Designing interpretive audio tours to enhance meaningful learning transfer at a historic site
The purpose of this research was to examine transfer of meaningful learning in a free-choice learning setting. Specifically, this research looked at the effect of interpretive message design on visitors' ability to transfer leaning from a heritage tourism site. This was an important perspective to gain, since learning transfer has not been explored in a free-choice learning environment but is an important learning outcome for heritage site visito…
Self-Serving Bias in Visitors' Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism
This study explores tourism destination impacts through the unique lens of visitors' perceptions of their contributions to impacts. Self-serving bias of attributions was used as the theoretical framework to examine how campers in the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks perceived the impacts of their own behavior on the destination. In total 241 campers completed self-administered questionnaires that assessed common tourism impacts, camping exp…
Self-Serving Bias in Visitors' Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism
This study explores tourism destination impacts through the unique lens of visitors' perceptions of their contributions to impacts. Self-serving bias of attributions was used as the theoretical framework to examine how campers in the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks perceived the impacts of their own behavior on the destination. In total 241 campers completed self-administered questionnaires that assessed common tourism impacts, camping exp…
The role of post-visit action resources in facilitating meaningful free-choice learning after a zoo visit
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate their learning into behavior change after a visit. This research explores the role of post-visit acti…
Free-choice learning in agritourism
Agritourism is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural practices and agricultural literacy. As such, agritourism is an increasingly important way for the general public to learn about agricultural practices, issues, and concepts. It is commonly assumed that agritourism experiences result in learning, yet there is very little research that demonstrates this or explores what kind of learning is possible. This research used personal mea…
Designing interpretive audio tours to enhance meaningful learning transfer at a historic site
The purpose of this research was to examine transfer of meaningful learning in a free-choice learning setting. Specifically, this research looked at the effect of interpretive message design on visitors' ability to transfer leaning from a heritage tourism site. This was an important perspective to gain, since learning transfer has not been explored in a free-choice learning environment but is an important learning outcome for heritage site visito…
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2
This research advances understanding of mobile device use in a leisure context by applying and expanding the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to festival settings. Through on-site surveys at three festivals the UTAUT2 model and an adapted version for mobile device use at a festival were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results reveal that the modified UTAUT2 demonstrat…
The Effects of Entertainment and Fun on the Visitor's Free-Choice Learning Experience
Fun and entertainment are often part of the visitor's learning experience at attractions, but we know little about how fun and entertainment impact learning processes and outcomes. This article discusses how the learning process (cognitive load) and outcome (learning transfer) are affected by the perception of the learning experience as fun and entertaining. Historic site tour participants completed a self-administered questionnaire at the end of…
Self-Serving Bias in Visitors' Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism
This study explores tourism destination impacts through the unique lens of visitors' perceptions of their contributions to impacts. Self-serving bias of attributions was used as the theoretical framework to examine how campers in the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks perceived the impacts of their own behavior on the destination. In total 241 campers completed self-administered questionnaires that assessed common tourism impacts, camping exp…
Designing interpretive audio tours to enhance meaningful learning transfer at a historic site
The purpose of this research was to examine transfer of meaningful learning in a free-choice learning setting. Specifically, this research looked at the effect of interpretive message design on visitors' ability to transfer leaning from a heritage tourism site. This was an important perspective to gain, since learning transfer has not been explored in a free-choice learning environment but is an important learning outcome for heritage site visito…
The Effects of Entertainment and Fun on the Visitor's Free-Choice Learning Experience
Fun and entertainment are often part of the visitor's learning experience at attractions, but we know little about how fun and entertainment impact learning processes and outcomes. This article discusses how the learning process (cognitive load) and outcome (learning transfer) are affected by the perception of the learning experience as fun and entertaining. Historic site tour participants completed a self-administered questionnaire at the end of…
The role of post-visit action resources in facilitating meaningful free-choice learning after a zoo visit
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate their learning into behavior change after a visit. This research explores the role of post-visit acti…
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2
This research advances understanding of mobile device use in a leisure context by applying and expanding the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to festival settings. Through on-site surveys at three festivals the UTAUT2 model and an adapted version for mobile device use at a festival were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results reveal that the modified UTAUT2 demonstrat…
Free-choice learning in agritourism
Agritourism is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural practices and agricultural literacy. As such, agritourism is an increasingly important way for the general public to learn about agricultural practices, issues, and concepts. It is commonly assumed that agritourism experiences result in learning, yet there is very little research that demonstrates this or explores what kind of learning is possible. This research used personal mea…
Polar bears, climate change, and trusted messengers
Nature-based tourism is often touted as an inherently effective form of ecotourism, where visitors become ambassadors for the places they visit and participate in transformative experiences. However, research demonstrates that behavior change and transformative experiences remain elusive. This study builds upon the Contextual Model of Learning and Transformative Learning Theory by exploring visitors’ learning and behavior change at both in situ a…
Navigating uncertainty
The COVID-19 pandemic affected many industries, including the organisation of community events. One of the main consequences of the pandemic has been ongoing uncertainty. Defining and managing uncertainty is complex and has been explored from different angles; however, little has been written from the perspective of event and festival organisations. This study employs qualitative interviews with festival organisers in Mexico, the United States an…
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)