This year my Physics Methods course, as most of other courses on UBC campus moved online. I have to say that with all its challenges, it was a positive experience for me. I think I was able to interact with my students as much as we did during our Face-2-Face courses. We also discussed interesting physics, invited very famous physics teachers in BC to visit our classes virtually and share their experiences with the students. Mrs. Philip Freeman, Kelvin Dueck’s and Joe Muise workshops on physics teaching were an outstanding opportunity that would unlikely to happen if not for online courses.

There was also another benefit of this experience. My students – future physics teachers – were motivated to learn how to use online resources effectively. They created excellent short videos with ideas of physics experiments one can do at home. We are sharing them on our YouTube channel!

Finally, I am confident that our future physics teachers will be ready to teach physics F2F, online or in a blended mode in the future. I would like to wish them all the very best for their long practicum and beyond!

Posted: 12|14|20 at 6:02 pm. Filed under: Computer simulations, Data collection and analysis (sensors), General, General teaching, Homeschooling, Homeschooling & Pandemic, Personal, Physics Education.
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