multimedia support for teaching physics
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Multimedia Support for Teaching Physics. Alena Kovárová Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovakia. Overview. Goal + Motivation Related Approaches Effectivity + Interaction Testing + Conclusions Demonstration Future Work. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Multimedia Support for Teaching Physics
Alena Kovárová
Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaSlovakia
2 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
OverviewOverview
Goal + MotivationGoal + Motivation Related ApproachesRelated Approaches Effectivity + InteractionEffectivity + Interaction Testing + ConclusionsTesting + Conclusions DemonstrationDemonstration Future WorkFuture Work
3 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Goal
To create an educational, interactive and
multimedia application, which in the same way as our resource book,helped to find and
understand relations in physical phenomena.
Physics as an Adventureof Cognition
Albert Einsteinand
Leopold Infeld
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
MotivationMotivation
UsualUsual Like gameLike game
Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text a lot of Text Text Text Text Text Text Text TextText Text Text Text Text Text page full of Text TextText Text Text only small picture Text Text Text Text Text Text neverending Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text
5 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Related Approaches
Applets on web pages
Crocodile Clips
Didakta -Fyzika
6 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
EffectivityEffectivity
lessless
mostmost
How much we could remember?How much we could remember?
of readof read
of heardof heard
of saw (pictures)of saw (pictures)
of heard and sawof heard and saw
heard, saw and actively heard, saw and actively diddid
of own experiences of own experiences (of realized, (of realized,
understood)understood)
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Interaction
Ones own experience is the best teacher
People like to control
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Scenariolevel 0
The Introduction
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Each experiment contains
• Instructions
• Questions
• Interactive simulation
Scenario level 1
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Scenariolevel 2
Interactive simulation
interaction
mouse keyboard
buttons
4-5 objects startstart menu
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Scenariolevel 3
MENU:
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Sounds
To hear or to read?
Recording wav-files Compression to mp3-files (Lame) The biggest part of application Multilingual
13 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
TestingTesting
Pre-testing Pre-testing (20 people)(20 people)
Testing with childrenTesting with children• 8-9 years old 8-9 years old (3x15(3x15 children children))• 14-16 years old 14-16 years old (2x15(2x15 children children))
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
ConclusionsConclusions
Application is appropriate for children Application is appropriate for children who have already started learning who have already started learning physics physics
Supplementary learning tool in the Supplementary learning tool in the educational process educational process
Support the children’s understanding Support the children’s understanding of physicsof physics
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
DemonstrationDemonstration
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Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Future Work
Record sounds also for questions Add some music to silent places Create more experiments Create version for Internet = sounds
replaced by texts Create experiments as interactive
realistic 3D models
18 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
19 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Motivation
Children want to play
The real games (physical experiment)+ touch
Experiment in our application+ possibility to change many other
parameters
20 kg
Virtual University 2004 Mutimedia Support for Teaching Physics Alena Kovárová
Software - Flash
Interaction SVG Import sounds (mp3) Resultant size of application is
suitable for CD Accessible (license)