Interactive lecture demonstrations, active learning, and the ALOP project

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

doi:10.1117/12.889508

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29 April 2011 Interactive lecture demonstrations, active learning, and the ALOP project

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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Proceedings Volume 8065, SPIE Eco-Photonics 2011: Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering Workforce Education for a Green Future; 80650S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889508
Event: SPIE Eco-Photonics, 2011, Strasbourg, France

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There is considerable evidence from the physics education literature that traditional approaches are ineffective in teaching physics concepts. A better teaching method is to use the active learning environment, which can be created using interactive lecture demonstrations. Based on the active learning methodology and within the framework of the UNESCO mandate in physics education and introductory physics, the ALOP project (active learning in optics and photonics) was started in 2003, to provide a focus on an experimental area that is adaptable and relevant to research and educational conditions in many developing countries. This project is discussed in this paper.

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Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan "Interactive lecture demonstrations, active learning, and the ALOP project", Proc. SPIE 8065, SPIE Eco-Photonics 2011: Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering Workforce Education for a Green Future, 80650S (29 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.889508

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