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Using MOOC’s in an Interactive Classroom. John W. Belcher Kavli Center for Astrophysics and Space Research Department of Physics. Teaching Freshman Physics Interactively at MIT Description of what we currently do (8.02 TEAL) Description of 8.02x the MOOC
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Using MOOC’s in an Interactive Classroom John W. Belcher Kavli Center for Astrophysics and Space Research Department of Physics
Teaching Freshman Physics Interactively at MIT • Description of what we currently do (8.02 TEAL) • Description of 8.02x the MOOC • Bringing aspects of 8.02x the MOOC back into residential 8.02 TEAL
One of the two MIT TEAL Classrooms Modeled after NCSU’s SCALE-UP Classroom
Ideal TEAL Sequence • (instructor’s fantasy) • Instruction (aka Lecture) • Pre-Experiment Predictions • Experiment • Visualization of Experiment I will illustrate this sequence for Faraday’s Law
1. Instruction: Faraday’s Law Magnetic Flux Move down
2. Pre-Experiment Predictions Move down Magnetic Flux Personal Response System used for pre-experiment questions and responses
3. Experiment Experiment includes sliding an aluminum sleeve over the magnet and feeling the slowdown due to eddy currents
8.02x the MOOC • Wholly online, online textbook • Based on Walter Lewin’s 2002 lectures as a whole (36 lectures) • Lectures are broken up with interactive questions • Problem Sets • Interactive Simulations • All computer graded
Bringing back some of 8.02x the MOOC into 8.02 TEAL • Blended content from MOOC • Cut down the amount of lecturing in 8.02 TEAL, push that into online MOOC • Leave more time for interaction in class • Cut down the total face time?