Flexible recorded material for active learning
The project involves creating flexible recorded material for basic courses in Applied Physics, adaptable to the different teaching set-ups in these courses, in order to provide a structured base for blended learning and increase student activation during on-campus sessions.
Project context
During the pandemic, large amounts of recorded learning material were created. The use of the material has continued in part also after the pandemic, but it is difficult as it was usually created to replace entire lectures. When trying to use the recorded material in combination with on-campus teaching today, lock-in effects are created. Through an interview study, we have seen that teachers are forced to either require students to have watched the film before the lecture, which is double work for the student, or the films are available as voluntary aids, which provide exactly the same teaching as before the pandemic but with lower attendance. Firstly, the material is not modular enough to be useful in a mixed learning environment where digital work is combined with physical presence on campus (blended learning).
Secondly, this relatively practical problem creates new questions on a more general level: What within our teaching should we do digitally and what should we do in person, on campus? The pandemic accelerated the situation, but the foundation is about learning to use new digital tools, in this case recordings, to change our ways of teaching.
A pilot area could be the basic physics courses within Applied Physics, which go by the working name "electric wave courses". Several courses cover similar areas within this group.
Purpose (outcome)
The purpose of the project is to create flexible recorded material available to teachers on various "electric wave” courses, a material which allows them to adjust its use to their different teaching set-ups. The material will be created according to the principle of spending the on-campus meetings more interactively.
Project results (output)
A structured and flexible recorded material, mainly with basic theory as content, easily available to teachers on the “electric wave” courses. Sub-results created in discussion and consultation with the electric wave teachers:
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Platform to give teachers access to the films, in such a way that they both get an overview and easily can insert selected parts on their Canvas pages
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Choice of recording environment
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A functioning subject structure for the recorded material (subject area, classification such as prior knowledge, basic concepts, derivations, applications or in-depth study, etc) which enables teachers to use the material in preparation for, as a replacement for, or after campus-based activities
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Recorded material by different teachers
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Use of the recorded material (which is evaluated).
Time plan
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2023-12-31 (with possibility of extension)
Project documentation
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Poster: Poster_FrU24vt_2320-SCI_RecordedMaterial_240506.pdf (English)
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Project initiation document: Projektdirektiv_FrU23_2320-SCI-Fysik-lärmaterial.pdf (Swedish)