Course Title: General Physics I PHYS101

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Course TitleGeneral Physics I PHYS101

• Online Course Developers
• Dr. Mohamed S. Kariapper, PI
• Dr. Abdelkarim Mekki
• Mr. Ahmad Fathi Salem
• Mr. Ayman Ghannam
• Mr. Fuad Enaya

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• Course information
• First course of calculus-based, general physics
  sequence.
• The course is offered every semester.
• About 800 (Science and Engineering)
• students take it in the first semester and 400
  in the second semester.
• The course material has been available online
  since the year 2003.

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Delivery ModeThis course is being delivered as
supplementary to face to face classroom students.
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• Salient Features of the Online Course
• Using physlets to explain difficult to grasp
  concepts
• Video demonstrations have been included into the
  course
• The ability to make an online quiz which will be
  different for each student but of same difficulty
  level by drawing items from large pool of test
  databank
• The student receives feedback online (correct
  answer, grade )

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• Advantages
• Interactivity
• Flexibility
• The student can practice self test many times
• The instructor can monitor the students activity
  
• Instructor can get feedback from faculty and
  students regarding the course content

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• Disadvantages
• Extra burden on the instructor who teaches face
  to face
• Technical Some videos are large files and
  require fast internet access. The use of a modem.

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• Examples
• Content
• Physlets
• Videos
• Self Tests
• WebCT

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• Students Evaluation of the course

STDV/5
Mean rating/5
Main Items ( of questions)
1.049
3.912
Syllabus/Course Requirements (4)
1.035
4.036
Course Content (6)
0.989
4.200
Web and Multimedia (6)
1.082
3.882
Course Activities and Interactivity (3)
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