Enjoy physics classes with your own devices

Abstract

Introducing the latest educational technology trends has accelerated enormously in the past few years; therefore, the use of personal devices, especially smart phones, tablets, laptops has increased considerably also in the educational processes. Many researchers used M-learning for different purposes (Hsu & Ching, 2013), but only a few of them used it for physics teaching experiments (Crompton, Burke, Gregory & Gräbe, 2016; Jarosievitz, 2016; Kuhn & Vogt, 2013). The use of M-learning devices in experiments is based on the rich set of built-in sensors in smart phones (Kuhn & Vogt 2013; Staacks, 2016). However, beside the devices themselves, also free applications and teachers' (instructors') expertise is required. In this work some meaningful use of M-learning during physics lectures will be presented. Some of the key terms describing the quality of the measurement have also been discussed with the students, and will be presented here. After the conclusion of the measurements, students used their own devices as clickers, and answered the questions synchronously and anonymously through an on-line assessment system.