Enhancing Digital Literacy in Physics Classrooms with iOLab Integrated Sensors

Enhancing Digital Literacy in Physics Classrooms with iOLab Integrated Sensors

PANG Kang Ming

Jurong Pioneer Junior College

Scientific laboratories are among the most challenging course components to integrate into collaborative instruction. Available technology restricts the design and nature of experiments, and it can be hard to replicate the collaborative lab environment where frequent and immediate instructor feedback is the norm. The Interactive Online Lab (iOLab) device is a handheld data-gathering device that gives students a unique opportunity to see the concepts of physics in action anywhere with minimum set-up. Using iOLab, we designed and experimented with a lab course for students to do reliable, sense-making, inquiry-based and hands-on lab lesson. We conclude with some example lab lessons on kinematics, force and dynamics.