Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) is a complete classroom strategy that makes the

learning in a large (or small) introductory physics lecture class more active and engaging and has been demonstrated to significantly improve understanding of physics concepts.

This strategy is intended for those whose introductory class structure includes lectures, and especially those (1) who want to experiment with small incremental changes to their introductory courses, (2) who are interested in making more dramatic changes in their courses and/or (3) who are looking for strategies to use on a regular basis in a flipped classroom.

You can download the complete book, Interactive Lecture Demonstrations, containing all the published ILD materials at: https://pages.uoregon.edu/sokoloff/ILDbook0116.pdf

In this session, participants will be introduced to the suite of PhET simulations. We will discuss where the simulations and associated resources can be found, consider learning goals for students, explore a variety of strategies for using the simulations in various learning environments, and create sim-based interactive engagement questions.

Getting students to meaningfully engage in collaborative groups can significantly improve student learning. We will look at several effective collaborative learning activities that foster student-to-student discourse - allowing students to validate each other’s correct ideas, refute each other’s incorrect ideas, raise important questions, and deepen students’ engagement. In classes that use collaborative group work, instructors have many important jobs that go beyond just lecturing. We will discuss how we can create classrooms in which students feel empowered to express their science ideas an increase their understandings and abilities.

In this interactive session, we will identify some of the possible learning goals for laboratory courses and participants will identify the goals appropriate for their courses and institution. We will break out into groups to separately discuss goals, challenges, and opportunities for labs at the introductory and advanced levels.