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LEPLA: Physics E-Learning Program for Educators and Students

LEPLA is an e-learning initiative combining web-based resources and handheld technology to provide physics experiments and educational materials for educators and students at various levels. The program aims to promote European cooperation in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education. It includes experiments on mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and radioactivity, with modules covering single experiments, extensions, and projects. Currently in development, LEPLA targets a wide range of users and will offer multilingual support in the future.

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LEPLA: Physics E-Learning Program for Educators and Students

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  1. Mark McCartney & Ken Houston University of Ulster

  2. Poland Ireland Italy Italy Sweden UK Partnership Duration: 10. 2002- 09. 2004 EU grant: 113000 euro 2

  3. Part of: eLearning initiative within the eEurope Action Plan Socrates - Minerva Project SOCRATES: the European Community action programme in the field of education. Minerva Action Promotion ofEuropean cooperation in the fieldof: • Open and Distance Learning (ODL)and • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) ineducation Types of supported activities: • Designing, developing and testing new methods and educational resources. • Developing information services and systems on educational methods and resources involving the use of ODL and ICT. 3

  4. Strategy LEPLA combines • Web based resources • Handheld technology To provide: • relevant, simple, but non-trivial, physics experiments • supporting educational materials 4

  5. Hand held technology used • Portable, compact data-loggers with compatible sensors, controlled by and used together with programmable graphing calculators or computers. • versatile, inexpensive • provide complete, modern, flexible and efficient data acquisition systems. • enables basic experiments to be performed quickly and efficiently • immediate access to the mathematical tools: modelling and data analysis become a natural part of students’ learning. • Sensors • Sonar, accelerometers, force plate • Light, temperature, sound • charge, B field, current, voltage, gas pressure…. • http://www.vernier.com/probes/ 5

  6. Users and target groups • Educators and students of physics, applied mathematics and engineering at undergraduate level • Teachers and students from secondary schools • Teacher training students and teachers from in service training courses • Distance learning students • Under funded educational institutions in regions with socio-economic difficulties • Handicapped and disadvantaged students • Open for usage as a public resource - 4 language versions of LEPLA materials 6

  7. Topics covered in LEPLA • upper secondary school level • introductory courses at the university undergraduate level Addressed to: • mechanics • thermodynamics • electricity& magnetism • optics • radioactivity Experiments in: Auxiliary materials: • experimental data analysis • thesaurus 7

  8. Learning modules Types of modules: • Single experiment • Extension • Project Module structure • Introduction • Theoretical model • Experimental set-up and data acquisition • Sample data • Data analysis • Teacher’s guide • Additional questions and tests • Text version (PDF format) printable • References • Evaluation forms • ‘Help boxes’ 8

  9. Stage of development Where we are We are getting there! • Not all modules are ready • In the middle of student & teacher evaluation of materials 9

  10. Stage of development Where we are going • Complete set of 31 learning modules • Localization of vortal and material into 4 languages • Evaluation through the teaching practice • Teacher training • Preparation of ‘stand alone’ CDROM version. 10

  11. www.lepla.edu.pl

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