Abstract / Excerpt:

This study is centered on the development of a Physics interactive software package for the Nursing students, using the software tool Flash version 5.0 by Macromedia Company. The software serves as an instructional tool and highlights animated illustrations and simulations, sound effects and interactivity of the presentations, features which cannot be done with a slider or an overhead projector. The software has main three categories which are the Lecture, Problems, and Laboratory Activities. Much of the effort in the courseware development is to include motivational aspect to the lecture presentations. Motivation is done by relating Physics concepts to common real-life experiences. These common real-life day-to-day experiences are simulated through visual animations and sound effects, injected with humor by using comical graphics. The lecture coverage include selected topics in Mechanics, Fluids and Mechanical Waves. The Problems category emphasizes the animated illustrations more than the step-by-step solutions. The laboratory experiments given to the Nursing students are simulated in the Laboratory Activities to aid the instructor during during pre-laboratory discussions. The software works in Windows environment and the presentations can be easily browsed by clicking on appropriate buttons.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Nursing
Authors	Remedios, Rachel B.
Page Count	53
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 2006
Tags	Innovative, Nurse, Nursing, Physics, Software, Teachers

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