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Leveraging on Easy Java Simulation tool and Open Source computer simulation library to create interactive digital

media for mass customization of high school physics curriculum Loo Kang WEE

Ministry of Education, Education Technology Division, SG

3rd Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2009

Wai Keong MAKCentre for Applied Research

SiM University, SG

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Ejs tool and open source computer simulation library to create interactive digital media for mass customization of high school physics curriculum

What is Ejs? Easy Java Simulations is a software tool

(java code generator) designed for the creation of discrete computer simulations.

Ejs is open source, copyright, Francisco Esquembre

You can distribute any simulation that they create using EJS, provided a link is made to http://fem.um.es/Ejs

Ejs codes you make can be remix by others, Web 2.0 way community building creative common licensing.

http://www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/index.php/Main/WhatIsEJS

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How can you use Ejs?

students create their own simulations, thus engaging in ‘learning-by-making’

Teachers create virtual laboratory simulations engage in informal learning (Teacher learning community / Professional

Development) students can conduct inquiry learning

of science ( embedding meaningful ICT experiences,

redesign curriculum for school )

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/sciences/files/science-primary-2008.pdf

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Why use Ejs? legal and free way of enabling teachers and

students to learn and modify existing source codes to achieve finer customization of interactive digital media for enhancing learning for physics curriculum

http://www3.moe.edu.sg/bluesky/tllm.htm

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Why am I doing this sharing? Get more educators to be in this learning community Share the Ejs tool and its potential for redesigning

pedagogy. Student learn by modeling / constructing Teacher in community to make virtual laboratory Teacher in community to make worksheets, design meaningful

learning experiences for education Teacher use ready made virtual laboratory simulation to impact

their classroom practices My goal is

to create free and open source education resources through co-creation and co-authorship of learning resources

Contribute to greater cause of free access to education What is it it for you?

Develop yourself as an educator

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Is Easy Java Simulation for you? Use existing ready-to-use curricular material simulation

Digital Libraries http://www.compadre.org/OSP/. http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php EJS itself has examples as well Tap on community of Experts Educators

F. Esquembre, Fu-Kwun Hwang, W. Christian, M. Belloni, A. Cox, W. Junkin, H. Gould, D. Brown, J. Tobochnik, Jose Sanchez, J.

M. Aguirregabiria, S. Tuleja

High-level tool for non-programmers to create and/or customization of simulation Easy Java simulation http://www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/.

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Pedagogic Advantages of Modeling The premise of modeling is that when students are not actively

involved in the modeling process they lose out on much of what can be learned from computer simulations.

We make a distinction between modeling and programming. Modeling is closer to laboratory experiments and is more likely to provide the student with a novel perspective on the behavior of a system.

Modeling has been shown to correct weaknesses of traditional instruction by engaging students in the design of physical models to describe, explain, and predict phenomena.

Although the modeling method can be used without computers, the use of computers allows students to study problems that are difficult and time consuming, to visualize their results, and to communicate their results with others.

The combination of computer modeling with theory and experiment can achieve insight and understanding that cannot be achieved with only one approach.

Taken from: http://sc07.sc-education.org/conference/presentations/SC07.ppt

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http://www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/index.php/Main/Webcasts

Youtube videos to guide beginners how to get Ejs.

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D:\EasyJavaSimulation\EJS_4.1_090426\EJS_4.1\workspace\source\users\murcia\fem\physics\mechanics\Collision1D.xml

To demo how to get Ejs to work, its examples, digital library

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Ejs open source 1 D collision carts for Elastic and Inelastic Collision

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual labMeaningful ICT embedding into curriculum

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Blackbody radiation curves for different temperatures in angstrom Å = 10-10 m

Demo how to get files from NTNUJAVA Virtual Physics Laboratory Java Simulations in Physics by Prof Fu-Kwun Hwang

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Ejs Open source Blackbody radiation curves customised for nanometre nm

Customized to nm to suit A-level context

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Ejs open source simple harmonic applet SHM for inquiry learning virtual lab


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Open Source Creative Commons Attribute Ejs Projectile Java Applet


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Ejs open source increasing decreasing displacement at increasingdecreasing rates

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual labHow do the position-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time graphs relate to the actual motion of an object?

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Open source Ejs applet Displacement & Velocity time graph for area & dx/dt


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Open source Newton's Cradle Applet by found in EJS 4.1/user/murcia/fem/mechanics

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

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Micrometer best java applet made in EJS open source creative commons license

Anyone can remix and improve it with attribution of authors

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Ejs open source Vernier calipers applet with many options for smallest division

Anyone can remix and improve it with attribution of authors

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http://www.compadre.org/

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Roller Coaster Physics by Michael Gallis & Wolfgang Christian remix

Finer customized to suit inquiry learninghttp://iresearch.edumall.sg/cos/o.x?ptid=80&c=/iresearch/forum&func=showthread&t=223

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Mathematics capability Short and Long Division Applet for Primary 3

Mathematics with scaffolds 1 & 2

Many more can be found

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Summary: Ejs tool and library

Free Open source codes of simulations Join Creative commons License allow educators to share, remix

and share back

Community of Ejs educators Engage, enable and empower Produce learning virtual lab instead of just consuming Collaborate to co-create virtual lab, quality instructional materials

to go with the virtual lab. Anyone can improve and remix

Create IDM virtual lab for learning by inquiry Students learn by exploring virtual labs Complement teacher centered lessons

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Future Direction Join the Global Ejs learning community

Co-create virtual labs and instructional materials worksheets Use http://iresearch.edumall.sg Forum for collaboration with

[email protected] [email protected] +65 9247 5573

Translate good ICT pedagogy (MP3, TLLM) Students learn by doing, virtual lab lessons Embed meaningful ICT lessons in curriculum

Join the Global initiative for free access to quality Education. Contribute and give more of yourself to co-create and share

legally, be a citizen of the world. act locally and think globally.

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