REPORT GROUP 3

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REPORT GROUP 3

• NEW LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
• especially geared to the use of multimedia (MM)
  in physics learning and teaching
• (ENG.) PhYSICS WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING
• - exploring strategies for forging relations
  between academia and the workplace

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This presentation

• Introduction
• What we did so far
• Software enquiry
• General questionnaire STEPS
• Preparation for evaluation MM, WG3
• What next?
• Discussion workshop Ghent
• Follow-up
• Conclusions

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Introduction members EG3

• Mihály Benedict, Szeged, HU
• Hans Joerg Jodl, Kauserslautern, DE
• Ivan Ruddock, Glasgow, GB
• Elena Sassi, Naples, IT
• Robert Sporken, Namur, BE
• Sonja Feiner-Valkier, Eindhoven, NL

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Software enquiry among alumni

• Alumni, working in industry, graduated from the
  universities from the members of EG3
• Questions
• Activity of the company?
• Type of tasks new physics graduates are getting
• What type of technical or scientific software is
  considered standard in this type of company?
• The same for programming languages?
• Which soft skills are important in your
  professional environment? Name three skills most
  important-intermediate-least important.
• 69 respondents results

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General questionnaire STEPS

• Inventarisation of non-standard teaching methods
  for university level physics teaching
• Problem based learning
• Student-centred learning
• Blended learning (on-line/face tot face)
• Laboratory based learning
• Distance learning
• E-learning

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Result general questionnaire

• Long list of universities physics departments
  with contact-persons
• Provisionally arranged in categories
• Follow-up to be discussed in the working session
  Ghent

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Preparation evaluation MM in WG3, I

• Set of recommended MM from MPTL for evaluation
  during 2006/2007 by members of WG3 or their
  collegues
• Topics
• Classical mechanics,
• Optics,
• Thermal and statistical physics
• Atomic and quantum physics
• Electricity, magnetism, Electrodynamics
• (EG3 made a contribution to the evaluation)

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Preparation evaluation MM in WG3, II

• Evaluation after 2006/2007 on criteria
• How it was used?
• Which problem is addressed?
• User-friendliness?
• Documentation, goal-description, obvious use of
  MM,
• Correctness, flexibility, effectiviness
• Scale of application individual or university?
• Grading system scientific way?

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What next?

• Workshop Ghent
• New teaching and learning methods
• Categories
• Good practice examples
• Software enquiry follow-up
• MM-evaluation
• Participation of WG3 in MM-evaluation

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Invitation for members WG 3

• Alexa (Praha), Borghi (Pavia), Borg-Marks
  (Malta),
• Chisleag (Bucuresti), Clough (Surrey),
• Fleischner (Wien), Gatt (Malta), Gozzi (Trieste),
  
• Morando (Padova), Mathelitsch (Graz),
• Nancheva (Ruse), Obdrzalek (Praha), Patapis
  (Athena),
• Rogiers (Leuven), Roubik (Praha),
• Sinclair (St Andrews), Sperandeo (Palermo),

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Conclusion

• Preliminary results from the
• Software enquiry alumni
• General questionnaire steps
• There is a lot more to be done!
• We need your support for the rest of the project
• Especially WG3, and everybody else interested
• LET US KNOW!