1-8 July 2022
Virtual Conference
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Online teaching in the digital age

7 Jul 2022, 15:15
15m
Zoom Platform (Virtual Conference)

Zoom Platform

Virtual Conference

Oral Presentation Track E - Physics for Development, Education and Outreach Physics for Development, Education and Outreach

Speaker

Bruno Letarte (Centre for Space Research, NWU)

Description

Since 2020, many of us had to adapt to online teaching. From adapting to the circumstances the best we could in 2020 to a modern system digitally monitoring all possible aspects of each student in 2022. I will present the method I use to teach a large class ~500 first year students since 2020, how it was developed and evolved to what it is currently in 2022. This covers class attendance and participation, interaction with class content, and post-evaluation engagements. The picture it paints is very troubling, no matter what angle one uses to probe the situation, there is usually no more than 25-30% of the students who are active, leading to very weak throughput and many repeaters the following year. This class is a service module for students not majoring in physics, so their lack of interest for physics is pronounced. As you will discover with this presentation, much more than a test mark that can be extracted from each student!

Level for award;(Hons, MSc, PhD, N/A)?

N/A

Apply to be considered for a student ; award (Yes / No)? No

Primary author

Bruno Letarte (Centre for Space Research, NWU)

Presentation Materials