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Using MOOC’s in an Interactive Classroom
John W. Belcher
Kavli Center for Astrophysics and Space Research
Department of Physics
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Teaching Freshman Physics Interactively at MIT
Description of what we currently do (8.02 TEAL)
Description of 8.02x the MOOC
Bringing aspects of 8.02x the MOOC back into residential 8.02 TEAL
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One of the two MIT TEAL Classrooms
Modeled after NCSU’s SCALE-UP Classroom
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Ideal TEAL Sequence(instructor’s fantasy)
1.Instruction (aka Lecture)2.Pre-Experiment Predictions3.Experiment4.Visualization of ExperimentI will illustrate this sequence
for Faraday’s Law
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Magnetic Flux
Move down
1. Instruction: Faraday’s Law
Bd
dt
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Magnetic Flux
Move down
2. Pre-Experiment Predictions
Personal Response System used for pre-experiment questions and responses
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3. Experiment
Experiment includes sliding an aluminum sleeve over the magnet and feeling the slowdown due to
eddy currents
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8.02x the MOOC
Wholly online, online textbook Based on Walter Lewin’s 2002
lectures as a whole (36 lectures) Lectures are broken up with
interactive questions Problem Sets Interactive Simulations All computer graded
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Bringing back some of 8.02x the MOOC into 8.02 TEAL
Blended content from MOOCCut down the amount of
lecturing in 8.02 TEAL, push that into online MOOC
Leave more time for interaction in class
Cut down the total face time?