Why Interactive Experiments?

Our learning environment, “Interactive Experiments”, is created to enhance the engagement of students and support diverse groups in a single application.The application includes three inter-related components -Chat Module, Physics Simulations Module, Programming Module- to construct the four pillars of learning: Minds on learning means creating different perspectives by showing mental effort on activities. We aimed to increase this effort with setting the physics simulation parameters with using code blocks and sensors (e.g. tilting phone to set the angle of inclined plane). Engaged learning builds a continuous interaction through the interface to increase the attention and the amount of learned material. We put navigation option and teaching assistance to Chat Module to keep the learner’s attention on to subject and build a continuous flow. Meaningful learning promotes creating and testing hypothesis. We served an easy-to-use environment to manipulate experimental variables to test hypothesis and grasp the conceptual model behind the experiments. Socially interactive environment supports discussions in classroom to understand the newly encountered material. We enabled the classroom-chat in the Chat Module to keep the classroom connected.