VNT_Garching2012

E-learning large scale facility users of tomorrow

Test case 1

Linda Udby

Agenda

The Virtual Classroom

E-learning meeting Thurday 06/12 at 14-16

Nano- & Science Centres

Niels Bohr Institute

University of Copenhagen

• Linda Udby (UCPH): Status/progress from UCPH
• Jürgen Neuhaus (TUM): Status/progress from TUM
• Jesper Bruun (UCPH): Web analysis of the WIKI user data
• Johan S.B. Nielsen & Peter Willendrup (DTU): The McStas virtual experiments live-simulator and web-interface
• Jörg Pulz (TUM) could presents some thoughts an challenges in the webdesign and contents.
• Other?

• Blended (online+classroom) research based learning
• Regular University of Copenhagen course:

'Neutron scattering in Theory, Simulation and Experiment',

• ~20 students, 8 weeks + 1 week @ PSI
• Collaboration with Department f. Science Education (J. Bruun)
• Collaboration with Faculty of Life Sciences (L. Arleth, K. Mortensen)

WIKI

http://vnt.nmi3.org

Contents

Outreach

WIKI what?

Test case 2

• Text material
• Exercises
• Hints
• Solutions
• Allows for student controlled diffentiated teaching
• Based on notes by K. Lefmann
• Supplementing contributions in specialised fields welcome and expected

• School kids and their teachers
• High school students
• bSC students
• Grad students
• Industry
• Scientists (in other fields)
• ...

• Online encyclopedia
• Searchable
• Never outdated
• Contributions from experts
• Homogeneous
• but need for moderation of e.g. notation

• Blended research based education
• Summerschool across Universities in the Øresund region

'Applications of X-Ray and Neutron Scattering in Biology, Chemistry and Physics'

• 3 weeks 5 ECTS (7.5 with report)
• 24 students, 3 weeks incl. 3 days experiments @ MAXLAB (SE)
• 5 ECTS (7.5 with report)
• Collaboration between KU (SUND& SCIENCE), RUC, DTU, Lunds Univ.

Applets

Simulation projects

E-learning didactics

• Simple illustrations of a basic principle
• Usually non-interactive
• Visualisation of physics and math
• Faster understanding

• Monte-Carlo neutron raytracing (McStas)
• Illustration of complex user-defined problems
• Interactive
• Familiarises the student with particular instruments
• Virtual experiments

Neutron scattering

Live-SIM

VNT

Evaluation

LESSONS

http://vnt.nmi3.org

Virtual Neutrons for Teaching

Idea: Could we do them as student's projects in computer science?

http://vnt.nmi3.org

(but all the tools are available for xrays too :)

Virtual experiments

• WIKI book
• Moodle Lessons
• Material from neutron schools
• (optional) Video lessons/pencasts)

• Quizzes
• Virtual experiments
• Exercises with hints and solutions
• Applets/simulations

eExercises

NMI3 E-learning project (4 years)

• University students (bSc - PhD)
• Their teachers/supervisors
• Scientist from other fields

eRessources

Instruments

Internet distributed material

The Virtual Classroom

• E-learning offers unique possibilities to MEASURE how students learn
• Web Analytics to collect user behaviour information
• Statistical analysis - didactical interpretation
• Feedback forms
• Discussion pages

Teacher

Student

eCommunity

• Template instrument suite representing all major neutron techniques
• Essential parameters like bandwidth and collimation can be changed by the student

• Internet as an open database supplement to teaching
• Material is selected by student i.e. not directed by teacher
• Typically information in uploaded documents ( eg PDF's from neutron schools ) printed out and used in class-room

• Discussion fora
• Feedback forms
• Feedback in quizzes
• Student WIKIs

Quizzes

http://tvnt.nmi3.org/moodle/mod/quiz/view.php?id=5

Samples

• Questions
• Answers
• Adapted Feedback
• Grading/certification possible (but not current scope of VNT)
• Could also be based on live-simulations
• Invited scientists collaboration with didactics expert

Internet based lessons

• Template sample suite
• Look at data from different samples at same instrument setting
• Data treatment like real experiment, e.g. powder refinement by FullProf
• Instr+sample = Virtual experiments

Participants

Lecture Notes (WIKI book)

Jurgen Neuhaus

Project leader

Julette Savin

Informations manager

Kim Lefmann

Helmut Schober

Targeting

... small

• Webpage is the starting point of teaching (the virtual class-room)
• Use structure and possibilities of internet (animations, videos etc)
• Material is selected by teacher
• Student works interactively with material

And applets ...

neutrons4science (from CLab@ILL)

Proposals

Games (not just) for kids?

Data Analysis

Inês Crespo

TAS examples

Kell Mortensen

Eddy Lelievre-Berna

• Identification of user characteristics from web behaviour
• Segmentation of user types from parameters
• On-entry assesment or quick questionnaire of parameters
• "what is your education level?"
• "have you performed a scattering experiment before?"
• "how much time do you intend to spend on learning about scattering?"
• Targeted material for the specific user

Oliver Kreischer

Web Layout

Virtual experiments

Jörg Pulz

VNT Server

Magnon TOF/TAS

A. Vickery

E. Farhi, ILL

• Virtual experiments
• For a given scientific problem which instrument(s) would you choose?
• Resolution, range, time
• Background from e.g.SE

Lise Arleth

Bente Lebech

Andrew Wildes

Finite size peak broadening

L. Udby

Please contribute :)

Thanks!

udby@nbi.dk

Pia Jensen

Moderator, content manager

• MC raytracing simulations
• Design and Optimization of instrument
• Overview and details of instrument components
• Training of users
• Planning of experiments
• Seperation of scattering contributions

(background from Sample Env., Incoh. scatt. etc)

• Data analysis

(resolution, peak broadening, spurions, multiple scattering)

Linda Udby

Virtual experiments quizzes, solutions

Peter Willendrup

McStas

Online simulationns

Johan S. Brinch Nielsen

Online simulation interface

Jesper Bruun

Physics Didactics

E. Farhi, ILL

From ESS website

Live-simulator in VNT

Note: Learning goals in targeted material (put it somewhere ....)

Learning goals in virtual experiments, specific instruments