First Year Optics Playlist

Year: First Year
Type: Lecture, Video / Audio
Topic: Optics / Waves, Physics
Attribution: University of New South Wales
Date: Mar 2021
Summary: A series of videos on first year physical optics, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes.
Links: View Resource | Supporting Documentation

About this resource

Description

A series of videos on first year physical optics, with an organisational spreadsheet containing learning outcomes. Topics include Electromagnetism, Wave properties (reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference), Polarisation, and Transmission modes.

Length

Several hours

Pedagogical backing

Rationale

These videos are traditional lecture substitutes, broken up into short segments for ease of digestion. Related videos are organised with an explicit structure, and learning outcomes are provided to guide students or teachers. Mayer’s principles of visual learning were employed in the design of these videos.

How is the resource used

These videos may comprise part or all of the content exposition for a first year physical optics course. The authors recommend integrating the videos into an online environment, where students are encouraged to watch them one at a time and answer tutorial questions as appropriate.

Student evaluation

This resource has been used with students in a large (~300 student) first year undergraduate physics course at the University of New South Wales. It was well received.

Authors

Kate Jackson, University of New South Wales, kate.jackson1@unsw.edu.au