e-Physics project

e-Physics project

• Polish Ministry project
  to develop a handbook for
  High School physics curriculim
• We have developed a handbook 
  for physics with many
  accompanying materials

Main parts of the project

• Physics handbook
  • Multimedia content
• Remote laboratory
• Virtual laboratory
• Simulations for students

Physics handbook

Link to example chapter in polish 

Source format

• Handbook is authored in DITA format
• DITA is an XML  based format for 
  technical documentation and
  educational materials
• Using dedicated source format 
  enabled us to quickly deliver 
  handbook in many various 
  output formats 

Output formats

• Rendered in following formats: 
  • Rich, and interactive HTML5 format. 
  • Simplified HTML designed for students
    with disabilities and using specialized
    browsers
  • Printer-friendly pdf version. 
• Can be rendered in other formats

Multimedia content

• Textbook is accompanied by rich
  set of multimedia content
• Example materials:
  • Star evolution (in Polish)
  • Conservation of angular
    momentum (in Polish)
  • Compton experiment (in English
    from earlier project) 

Remote Laboratory

Webpage: http://ilf.fizyka.pw.edu.pl/

Remote laboratory

• Allows students to preform 10 
  experiments on physical hardware
• Only a recent browser is required 
  on user computer
  • Client is written using HTML5 
    and Javascript

Features

• Wherever possible we used 
  existing standard technologies
  HTML, XMPP. 
• We are implementing a chatbot that 
  • can be controlled using natural language
  • performs experiments for students
  • gives commentary during experiment

Architecture

• Laboratory uses a modular architecture
• Communication between all services
  of the laboratory is done using 
  a well-defined and specified protocol 

Example screenshot

• Will be shown on next slide
• Contains empirical Planck
  distribution with results 
  fitted by bot
• Features chat field that
  can be used to chat with other
  laboratory users as well as 
  to control the bot

Example screenshot

Known issues

• Laboratory is only in Polish
• Translation mechanisms
  need to be implemented

Virtual Laboratory

Webpage: http://fizyka.if.pw.edu.pl/~wlf/

Virtual laboratory

• Contains 20+ visually rich simulations
• Developed in National Instruments
  Lab View Enviorment

The course of virtual experiment

• Theoretical introduction
• Placement of laboratory equipment
• Self-assembly of interconnecting
  wires and  set up of measuring equipment 
• Conducting an experiment
• Data analysis

Example: Photoelectric effect

Example: Nuclear Poweplant

Simulation for students

Simulations

• We have developed materials
  that enable students
  to create simulations in MS Excel 
• Some of the simulations are 
  quite complicated

Thank you for your attention

This presentation: https://slides.com/jbzdak/e-physics-project