Providing additional accessible educational resources for student learning - OpenStax and JoVE
Lightning Session Stream 4: Equity, Inclusion and Differentiation practices
Time: 10:30 am – 10:55 am
Location: G19 & G04
Students no longer rely on course notes or textbooks and instead use digital sources (e.g. search and AI) as a first step to access information. As students transition from secondary to tertiary education they must learn to seek out and engage a variety of sources. It is therefore necessary to introduce these skills by reducing the barriers to accessing high quality materials that are aligned with our courses, so that students know where to look for trusted information.
In this session, I will introduce how I have been using Moodle books, glossaries and quizzes with OpenStax openly licenced online textbooks and teacher resources (published by Rice University), and JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments) videos in multiple languages, to provide easily accessible quality learning materials in FS Physics.
Noel Hanna | Leading Education Professional Science
Dr Noel Hanna is a Leading Education Professional in Physics at UNSW College. A qualified high school teacher, Noel previously served as Deputy Principal responsible for STEM enrichment at Westbourne College, which was an Excellence Awardee for Best STEM Program at the Australian Education Awards. Noel has also received awards for teaching and science communication, and he was previously recognised as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert.
Noel has a Bachelor of Advanced Science in Mathematics and Physics, a Graduate Diploma in Education, and a PhD in Engineering and Physics. He has worked in interdisciplinary research, publishing in Q1 journals, and being invited to speak at international conferences. He currently mentors academics and teachers in the Asia Pacific region through the Australian Volunteers Program.
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