ePhys

The ePhys project seeks to promote European cooperation among teachers, learners, and researchers on an effective use of ICT in the teaching of Physics. ePhys will combine successful implementations of ICT in teaching Physics (computer based experiments, data-acquisition and processing, simulations, modelling, video measurements, simulated labs) with the flexibility of web-based modules (open java-like simulations) in a unified learning environment for open and collaborative learning in Physics. The project focuses on:

• designing, developing and testing new educational resources
• identifying and establishing supportive conditions for enhancing the local (in-school) infrastructure, the successful adaptation and
• transfer of innovative pedagogical approaches (e.g. open and collaborative learning using ICT)
• developing new learning activities based on ICT, that foster higher cognitive skills and aim at the well-known difficulties of conceptual understanding
• evaluating and documenting efficiency gains and added value for teaching and learning in secondary education
• disseminating the improved methods and educational resources at regional, national and European level