2018 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2018

Reflections on implementing physclips and physlets in undergraduate physics courses

12 Jun 2018, 16:00

15m

McCain Scotiank Auditorium (cap.250) (Dalhousie University)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e)) Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP) T4-8 Novel Approaches to Promoting Engagement in Physics Classes (DPE) | Nouvelles approches pour promouvoir l'engagement dans les classes de physique (DEP)

Speaker

Prof. Adriana Predoi-Cross (512 Silkstone Crescent West, Lethbridge AB T1J4C1)

Description

I will present my perspective on using physlets and physclips in introductory physics courses. The physclips have been developed at the School of Physics, University of South Wales, Australia, along with other multimedia resources. The physclips were downloaded from open sources such as: http://www.compadre.org/physlets/ or were available as PhET simulations in textbooks' online resources. Observed changes in students' performance and in the type of skills that they developed will be discussed. I will also comment on ways in which such resources could be incorporated in "scale-up" or project-based teaching environments.

Presentation materials

oscillations_apple_u_k.swf

oscillations_forces_2.swf

oscillations_foucault.swf

Teaching_Talk_APC_June9c.pdf

Teaching_Talk_APC_June9c.pptx