MOODLE E-LEARNING PLATFORM AS A COLLABORATIVE WORK ALTERNATIVE BETWEEN ACADEMIC PEERS IN ORDER TO TEACH PHYSICS CONCEPTS AT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (MEXICO)
About this paper:
Appears in:
EDULEARN11 Proceedings
Publication year: 2011
Pages: 5286-5292
ISBN: 978-84-615-0441-1
ISSN: 2340-1117
Conference name: 3rd International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 4-6 July, 2011
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Abstract:
As a didactic proposal, moodle e-learning platform was implemented in two Physics High School’s group at UACH, in order to show how the use of new technologies can improve the learning progress linked to physic’s concepts. As a result, the first group worked at the same time with inside class activities as well as outside resources from the moodle e- platform with one teacher. The second group worked with inside class activities with another teacher but the same didactic materials. This teaching application was developed in six sections shown. Section I defines the educational framework. Section II identifies the key physic’s concepts to be studied in each proposed activity. Section III describes the didactic model. Section IV displays the compared results between similarities and differences in both groups. Section V shows the gathered information in order to be discussed as a topic related on how new technologies improve the Physic’s learning process in the high school students and Section VI how the collaborative work between academic peers helps to develop strategies based in the collective participation and shared decisions to validate the proposed. Finally, this resource is being used like an informative media in order to integrate other teacher groups to collaborative physics area work. Keywords:
Physics learning, moodle e-learning platform and collaborative work.