25 research outputs found
Making a virtual learning environment for non-assisted physics laboratory
The Physics laboratory is usually the main place where our students of engineering
approach to the physical daily reality, from the technological and the scientific point
of view, through experiments and motivating demonstrations.
Thinking of those students that can not follow an established schedule of attendance
to the classroom, an innovative educational material has been created, which is based on digital filming of the experiments that nowadays are carried out in our real Physics laboratory. The objective is to minimize the lack of acquisition of some abilities associated with the real experimentation, by means of the use of virtual experiments and by working others individual competences by a streaming video.
The filming is accompanied by some tutorials that introduce the experiment and illustrate the associated theoretical concepts, together with some simulations.
Evaluation and self-evaluation tests are also available to monitor the student’s
learning. Anyone can find all the material in the webpage:
http://www.epsem.upc.edu/~practiquesfisica/
After putting these materials into practice, we have carried out a survey in which the
students compare the real and the virtual experimentation systems and to ask their
opinion about the quality of the generated material for two different experiments.
The answers of the students encourage us to produce more material of this kind and to improve the autonomous learning of our future students of engineering.Peer Reviewe
ElaboraciĂł de material multimèdia de suport per al laboratori de fĂsica aplicada.
L’objectiu del projecte ha estat incrementar el material docent, digital i multimèdia, del laboratori de fĂsica, per tal d'optimitzar els resultats d'anteriors projectes (2007MQD00084, UPC_PMD2007), centrant-nos en el rendiment de les mĂ quines relacionades amb processos industrials.
Els futurs enginyers han de saber dissenyar mà quines més eficients en un entorn tecnològic cada vegada més competitiu sense oblidar d’analitzar els efectes que poden transcendir en el medi ambient. El rendiment o eficiència és un parà metre clau que cal ser estimat.
El projecte es desenvolupa a l’entorn de la filmaciĂł de vĂdeos de quatre temĂ tiques diferents: calorimetria (calorĂmetre elèctric), energia elèctrica (pila elèctrica), mĂ quines tèrmiques (motor Stirling) i energia solar (col•lector solar tèrmic). En els dos primers casos s’ha elaborat material en format digital que permet preparar, realitzar i desprĂ©s analitzar les dades obtingudes, i elaborar un informe de les prĂ ctiques igual com si l’estudiantat l’haguĂ©s fet al laboratori. TambĂ© s’ha dissenyat un sistema d'autoavaluaciĂł de l'aprenentatge de l'estudiantat i d'avaluaciĂł de companys. En els altres dos casos, el material elaborat es dedica preferentment a explicar el funcionament dels aparells.
Aquest material permetrĂ a l'estudiantat realitzar prĂ ctiques de laboratori no presencials, complementant l'experimentaciĂł al laboratori en augmentar les seves competències formatives: capacitat d'anĂ lisi i sĂntesi, treball en equip, presa de decisions, compromĂs ètic...Peer Reviewe
Making a virtual learning environment for non-assisted physics laboratory
The Physics laboratory is usually the main place where our students of engineering
approach to the physical daily reality, from the technological and the scientific point
of view, through experiments and motivating demonstrations.
Thinking of those students that can not follow an established schedule of attendance
to the classroom, an innovative educational material has been created, which is
based on digital filming of the experiments that nowadays are carried out in our real
Physics laboratory. The objective is to minimize the lack of acquisition of some
abilities associated with the real experimentation, by means of the use of virtual
experiments and by working others individual competences by a streaming video.
The filming is accompanied by some tutorials that introduce the experiment and
illustrate the associated theoretical concepts, together with some simulations.
Evaluation and self-evaluation tests are also available to monitor the student’s
learning. Anyone can find all the material in the webpage:
http://www.epsem.upc.edu/~practiquesfisica/
After putting these materials into practice, we have carried out a survey in which the
students compare the real and the virtual experimentation systems and to ask their
opinion about the quality of the generated material for two different experiments.
The answers of the students encourage us to produce more material of this kind and
to improve the autonomous learning of our future students of engineering.Postprint (author’s final draft
IntroducciĂł a l'experimentaciĂł: prĂ ctica zero
La connexió dels alumnes, que s’integren a la universitat, amb el món de
l’experimentaciĂł (fĂsica, electrònica, biologia,...), sempre ha estat una tasca
complicada: per no conèixer els estudiants el nou espai de treball, haver de
manipular aparells normalment desconeguts, haver d’interioritzar la filosofia de
l’experimentació, la dificultat de prendre mesures correctament, procedir a
estimar les incerteses en les mesures o representar les dades grĂ ficament, aixĂ
com presentar els resultats de forma correcta, calcular l’error comès respecte al
valor teòric i treure’n conclusions.
Pensant en l’EEES i la necessitat d’adquirir competències transversals per
parts dels estudiants, en particular els del nostre centre, s’ha volgut establir un
protocol de treball, en allò referit a l’entorn de les prà ctiques de laboratori, per
tal que els estudiants calculin i expressin els resultats experimentals (cĂ lcul
d’incerteses, rectes de regressió, representacions grà fiques, etc.) de manera
que ho facin seguint uns criteris adequats. Per això, a la vegada s’ha aprofitat
per acostar, estudiants i professors implicats, a les normes de la “International
Standardisation Organisation” (ISO) i de la “International Electrotechnical
Commission” (IEC) en els coneixements teòrics de l’experimentació en el
laboratori.Per tal d’aconseguir els objectius, s’ha elaborat una “prà ctica zero” amb
material multimèdia que la fa interactiva, amb implicació i autonomia de
l’estudiant.Peer Reviewe
Materiales para sustituir y/o complementar las prácticas reales de laboratorio mediante sus análogas virtuales
Postprint (published version
Making a virtual learning environment for non-assisted physics laboratory
The Physics laboratory is usually the main place where our students of engineering
approach to the physical daily reality, from the technological and the scientific point
of view, through experiments and motivating demonstrations.
Thinking of those students that can not follow an established schedule of attendance
to the classroom, an innovative educational material has been created, which is based on digital filming of the experiments that nowadays are carried out in our real Physics laboratory. The objective is to minimize the lack of acquisition of some abilities associated with the real experimentation, by means of the use of virtual experiments and by working others individual competences by a streaming video.
The filming is accompanied by some tutorials that introduce the experiment and illustrate the associated theoretical concepts, together with some simulations.
Evaluation and self-evaluation tests are also available to monitor the student’s
learning. Anyone can find all the material in the webpage:
http://www.epsem.upc.edu/~practiquesfisica/
After putting these materials into practice, we have carried out a survey in which the
students compare the real and the virtual experimentation systems and to ask their
opinion about the quality of the generated material for two different experiments.
The answers of the students encourage us to produce more material of this kind and to improve the autonomous learning of our future students of engineering.Peer Reviewe
Materiales para sustituir y/o complementar las prácticas reales de laboratorio mediante sus análogas virtuales
Making a virtual learning environment for non-assisted physics laboratory
The Physics laboratory is usually the main place where our students of engineering
approach to the physical daily reality, from the technological and the scientific point
of view, through experiments and motivating demonstrations.
Thinking of those students that can not follow an established schedule of attendance
to the classroom, an innovative educational material has been created, which is
based on digital filming of the experiments that nowadays are carried out in our real
Physics laboratory. The objective is to minimize the lack of acquisition of some
abilities associated with the real experimentation, by means of the use of virtual
experiments and by working others individual competences by a streaming video.
The filming is accompanied by some tutorials that introduce the experiment and
illustrate the associated theoretical concepts, together with some simulations.
Evaluation and self-evaluation tests are also available to monitor the student’s
learning. Anyone can find all the material in the webpage:
http://www.epsem.upc.edu/~practiquesfisica/
After putting these materials into practice, we have carried out a survey in which the
students compare the real and the virtual experimentation systems and to ask their
opinion about the quality of the generated material for two different experiments.
The answers of the students encourage us to produce more material of this kind and
to improve the autonomous learning of our future students of engineering