Pilot study on the application of collaborative online tools and technologies in physics instruction

Abstract

Abstract Current work is about technology-based curricula part assessment in the form of a pilot study. The developed activity was implemented in a high school in the USA. About 50 students participated in the pilot. The research team received 5 written surveys from the students who completed the whole activity part and a written teacher’s survey; conducted an in-person interview with the teacher and classroom observation. Based on the feedback the activity was revised, new hardware and software tools were implemented, and the updated activity was presented during two conference workshops for physics teachers and educational researchers. The paper discusses the conditions of implementation of technology in the classroom, presents background information on the pilot and workshops, implemented changes, and overall outcomes. The results show general interest and prospects for implementation of the technologies used with several conditions.