Multimedia Teaching Development for Physics Course

Project Title

Multimedia Teaching Development for Physics Course

Project Leader

Prof T K NG

School / Dept

SSCI / PHYS

Project Duration

Sept 2002 - Dec 2004

Project Description

Students often have difficulties in visualizing various abstract concepts when learning topics such as 3D geometry, wavevector space, and topics involving complicated time dependence in a series of events. Computer animations and other teaching aids can present geometrical and dynamical concepts clearly and in a lively manner. They arouse students’ interests in the subject, help them in visualizing complex concepts and thus develop a deeper understanding of underlying physics principles. The animations were developed for the Introduction to Astrophysics and Astronomy course and were used in Spring 2004. Animations and other multimedia teaching tools were also be used in other physics courses (for example, PHYS121) to arouse students’ interest and prompted them to learn the subject with greater depth. Videos and a quiz bank were implemented in the course on the WebCT platform.

Project Outcome

• PHYS007 (both Spring and Fall): A comprehensive animation on relativistic effects

• PHYS002 (Spring 04): Three animations on (1) celestial sphere (2) neutron star (3) gravitational wave of binary pulsars

• PHYS104 (Spring 04): Standardization of teaching materials from course PHYS121 (Fall 03)

• PHYS121 (Fall 04): a) Demonstration videos and quiz question bank in WebCT platform; b) One animation and video demonstration on electricity; and c) A newly produced animation on the microwave oven

• PHYS011 (Fall 04): Four animations and videos on Mechanics

Status

Completed

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• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second | Third | Forth |
• Final Report

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