Virtual learning environment for interactive engagement with advanced quantum mechanics
A virtual learning environment can engage university students in the learning process in ways that the traditional lectures and lab formats cannot. We present our virtual learning environment StudentResearcher, which incorporates simulations, multiple-choice quizzes, video lectures, and gamification...
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2016-04-01
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| author | Mads Kock Pedersen Birk Skyum Robert Heck Romain Müller Mark Bason Andreas Lieberoth Jacob F. Sherson |
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| description | A virtual learning environment can engage university students in the learning process in ways that the traditional lectures and lab formats cannot. We present our virtual learning environment StudentResearcher, which incorporates simulations, multiple-choice quizzes, video lectures, and gamification into a learning path for quantum mechanics at the advanced university level. StudentResearcher is built upon the experiences gathered from workshops with the citizen science game Quantum Moves at the high-school and university level, where the games were used extensively to illustrate the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. The first test of this new virtual learning environment was a 2014 course in advanced quantum mechanics at Aarhus University with 47 enrolled students. We found increased learning for the students who were more active on the platform independent of their previous performances. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5948098623424396af521183f0599b012022-12-21T18:36:50ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Physics Education Research2469-98962016-04-0112101310210.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.013102Virtual learning environment for interactive engagement with advanced quantum mechanicsMads Kock PedersenBirk SkyumRobert HeckRomain MüllerMark BasonAndreas LieberothJacob F. ShersonA virtual learning environment can engage university students in the learning process in ways that the traditional lectures and lab formats cannot. We present our virtual learning environment StudentResearcher, which incorporates simulations, multiple-choice quizzes, video lectures, and gamification into a learning path for quantum mechanics at the advanced university level. StudentResearcher is built upon the experiences gathered from workshops with the citizen science game Quantum Moves at the high-school and university level, where the games were used extensively to illustrate the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. The first test of this new virtual learning environment was a 2014 course in advanced quantum mechanics at Aarhus University with 47 enrolled students. We found increased learning for the students who were more active on the platform independent of their previous performances.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.013102 |
| spellingShingle | Mads Kock Pedersen Birk Skyum Robert Heck Romain Müller Mark Bason Andreas Lieberoth Jacob F. Sherson Virtual learning environment for interactive engagement with advanced quantum mechanics Physical Review Physics Education Research |
| title | Virtual learning environment for interactive engagement with advanced quantum mechanics |
| title_full | Virtual learning environment for interactive engagement with advanced quantum mechanics |
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