Easy Java

Leveraging on

Simulation tool and

Open Source computer
simulation library to create
interactive digital media for mass

customization of
high school
Loo Kang WEE
physics
Wai Keong MAK
curriculum
Ministry of Education, Education Technology
Division, SG
Centre for Applied Research
SiM University, SG

3rd Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2009 1

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What is Ejs?
 Easy Java Simulations is a software tool
(java code generator) designed for the creation
of discrete computer simulations.
 Ejs is open source, copyright, Francisco
Esquembre
 You can distribute any simulation that they
create using EJS, provided a link is made to
http://fem.um.es/Ejs
 Ejs codes you make can be
 remix by others,
 Web 2.0 way community building
 creative common licensing.

http://www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/index.php/Main/WhatIsEJS
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How can you use Ejs?

 students create their own simulations,
thus engaging in ‘learning-by-making’
 Teachers create virtual laboratory
simulations engage in informal
learning (Teacher learning community / Professional
Development)

 students can conduct inquiry learning

of science ( embedding meaningful ICT experiences,
redesign curriculum for school )

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/sciences/files/science-primary-2008.pdf
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Why use Ejs?

 legal and free way of enabling teachers and
students to learn and modify existing source
codes to achieve finer customization of
interactive digital media for enhancing
learning for physics curriculum

http://www3.moe.edu.sg/bluesky/tllm.htm

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Why am I doing this sharing?

 Get more educators to be in this learning community
 Share the Ejs tool and its potential for redesigning
pedagogy.
 Student learn by modeling / constructing
 Teacher in community to make virtual laboratory
 Teacher in community to make worksheets, design meaningful
learning experiences for education
 Teacher use ready made virtual laboratory simulation to impact
their classroom practices
 My goal is
 to create free and open source education resources through co-
creation and co-authorship of learning resources
 Contribute to greater cause of free access to education
 What is it it for you?
 Develop yourself as an educator
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Is Easy Java Simulation for you?

 Use existing ready-to-use curricular material simulation
 Digital Libraries
 http://www.compadre.org/OSP/.
 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php
 EJS itself has examples as well
 Tap on community of Experts Educators
 F. Esquembre, Fu-Kwun Hwang, W.
Christian, M. Belloni, A. Cox, W. Junkin, H. Gould, D. Brown, J. Tobochnik, Jose Sanchez, J.
M. Aguirregabiria, S. Tuleja

 High-level tool for non-programmers to create and/or

customization of simulation
 Easy Java simulation http://www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/.

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Pedagogic Advantages of
Modeling
The premise of modeling is that when students are not actively
involved in the modeling process they lose out on much of what
can be learned from computer simulations.
 We make a distinction between modeling and programming.
Modeling is closer to laboratory experiments and is more likely to
provide the student with a novel perspective on the behavior of a
system.
 Modeling has been shown to correct weaknesses of traditional
instruction by engaging students in the design of physical models
to describe, explain, and predict phenomena.
 Although the modeling method can be used without computers,
the use of computers allows students to study problems that are
difficult and time consuming, to visualize their results, and to
communicate their results with others.
 The combination of computer modeling with theory and
experiment can achieve insight and understanding that cannot
be achieved with only one approach.
Taken from: http://sc07.sc-education.org/conference/presentations/SC07.ppt
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http://
www.um.es/fem/EjsWiki/index.php/M

 Youtube videos to guide beginners how to get Ejs.

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D:\EasyJavaSimulation\EJS_4.1_090426\EJS_4.1\w

To demo how to get Ejs to work, its examples, digital library

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Ejs open source 1 D collision

carts for Elastic and Inelastic
Collision

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

Meaningful ICT embedding into curriculum
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Blackbody radiation curves for diffe

in angstrom Å = 10-10 m

Demo how to get files from NTNUJAVA Virtual Physics

Laboratory Java Simulations in Physics by Prof Fu-Kwun Hwang
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Ejs
Open source Blackbody radiation cu
customised for nanometre nm

Customized to nm to suit A-level context

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Ejs
open source simple harmonic apple

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

Meaningful ICT embedding into curriculum
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Open Source Creative Commons Att

Ejs Projectile Java Applet

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

Meaningful ICT embedding into curriculum
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Ejs
open source increasing decreasing
increasingdecreasing rates

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

How do the position-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time graphs relate to the actual motion of an object?

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Open source Ejs

applet Displacement & Velocity tim
dx/dt

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

Meaningful ICT embedding into curriculum
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Open source Newton's Cradle Applet by

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning as a virtual lab

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Micrometer best java applet made i

Anyone can remix and improve it with attribution of authors

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Ejs open source Vernier

calipers applet with many options f

Anyone can remix and improve it with attribution of authors

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http://www.compadre.org/

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Roller Coaster Physics by Michae

Gallis
& Wolfgang Christian remix

Finer customized to suit inquiry learning

http://iresearch.edumall.sg/cos/o.x?ptid=80&c=/iresearch/forum&func=showthread&t=223

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Mathematics capability
 Short and Long Division Applet for Primary 3 Mat

Many more can be found

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Summary:
 Ejs tool and library
 Free

 Open source codes of simulations

 Join Creative commons License allow educators to share, remix

and share back

 Community of Ejs educators

 Engage, enable and empower

 Produce learning virtual lab instead of just consuming

 Collaborate to co-create virtual lab, quality instructional materials

to go with the virtual lab.

 Anyone can improve and remix

 Create IDM virtual lab for learning by inquiry

 Students learn by exploring virtual labs

 Complement teacher centered lessons

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Future Direction
 Join the Global Ejs learning community
 Co-create virtual labs and instructional materials worksheets
 Use http://iresearch.edumall.sg Forum for collaboration with
WEE_loo_kang@moe.gov.sg
 weelookang@gmail.com +65 9247 5573
 Translate good ICT pedagogy (MP3, TLLM)
 Students learn by doing, virtual lab lessons
 Embed meaningful ICT lessons in curriculum
 Join the Global initiative for free access to quality Education.
 Contribute and give more of yourself to co-create and share
legally, be a citizen of the world.
 act locally and think globally.
 http://sgeducation.blogspot.com/

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