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Adapted ILDs
Here you
will find information on adaptations of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs)
to promote active learning of physics concepts for students working at home.
These might be used as active learning components of an online introductory
physics course.
(1) I
have adapted a subset of our Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) to a form that can be easily used by students at home. I
am using pictures, videos and displays that I have along with easily available
simulations to substitute for hands-on experiments. Unfortunately, I do not
have access to my lab, so I must use media that I already have, as well as some
of the wonderful Physlet and PhET simulations that are available for use. I have retained
the important component of having students make predictions before their observations. Since it may not be easy for
many of us to incorporate small group or class discussions online, I have
compromised the ILD protocol. You will need to impress
your students with the importance of them really making predictions before they
proceed with observations. If you are able to use chat rooms, or
other means of promoting small group discussions, feel free to incorporate that
into your use of these ILDs.
I would very much appreciate hearing feedback from you on your
experiences with these Home Adapted ILDs. Please at least let me know if you
are using them. You can e-mail me at sokoloff@uoregon.edu
(2) If you have access to
demonstration equipment and can present demonstrations online to your students
you can download the entire Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILD)
book published by Wiley by clicking here. You have permission to use
any of the 28 sets of interactive demonstrations with your students and
distribute the Prediction and Results sheets as you wish. You can download Word
files of these sheets by clicking here. If you are not
familiar with ILDs, first read the ILD book's introduction.
(3) Of
course, the efficacy of the ILDs in this Home Adapted form has not been
research-validated. If you have the possibility of doing some pre and
post-testing, please let me know.,
I will
add more Home Adapted ILDs on topics like Heat and Temperature soon.
David Sokoloff
2. Kinematics 2-Changing Motion
3. Force and Motion-Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws
4. Force and Motion-Newton's 3rd Law
5. Vectors
6. Two-Dimensional Motion: Projectile Motion
7. Kinetic and Potential Energy
8. Momentum
10. Electrostatic Field, Force and Potential
11. Introduction to DC Circuits
12. Current in Series and Parallel Circuits
13. RC Circuits
14. Magnetic Forces
15. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's and
Lenz's Laws
17. Image Formation with Lenses
18. Polarized Light
22. Sound
23. Introduction
to Heat and Temperature
24. Specific Heat
25. Phase Change
26. Heat Engine
(4)
Labs: If you are looking for a distance-learning
introductory laboratory possibility, take a look at IOLab RTP Active Distance Learning Labs.