Non-face-to-face physics laboratory, an educational strategy

Abstract

Under the health emergency implemented in Mexico City, due to pandemic caused by COVID19, and the measures to protect the population organized by the Secretariá de Salubridad and Federal Government, the face-to-face classes at all levels of education were suspended. This situation lasted for several months, so, in the case of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, UAM, it was decided to continue conducting academic activities remotely. This decision brought an additional problem since some subjects taught in engineering careers cannot be implemented for the student to carry them forward at home. This is the case with physics labs. Situation that led to this educational research. The issue to solve is How can you teach Physics Lab in a non-in-person way? In this paper we describe how the objective was achieved, specifically in the Learning Teaching Unit, UEA, Laboratory of Rigid Body and Oscillations. Using Information and Communication Technologies together with the use of Video and Video Analysis Software, a working method could be implemented in which all the stages of experimental work were carried out. The results of the activities carried out at home by the students, communicated in the respective written reports, show that the proposed method for remote teaching of Laboratory of Physics is feasible and allows to carry out the process of non-face-to-face teaching at the higher education level.