Virtual campus versus real campus: a reflection on the process of teaching and learning

Abstract

An important tool for teaching is used at University of Alicante: the virtual campus. We think that information and communication technologies can help us to improve our teaching. Last year, we prepared some materials for our students and checked whether these materials were useful for them. Our experience tells us that students have great difficulties in applying concepts of physics to problems and to treat experimental data. Therefore, the materials have been prepared in support of these aspects. In this study we have also analyzed the difficulties of the students in using this tool and proposed some solutions. Finally, we checked the knowledge acquired in the physics laboratory by the students by monitoring them for fourteen weeks.