Over the last decades, technology development and the Internet have shaped how we play
and work. Among other innovations, these advances have made their way into education …

Background While laboratory practices have traditionally been conducted in-person, online
asynchronous laboratory learning has been growing in popularity due to increased …

Physics education research (PER) is a global endeavor, with a wealth of work performed at
a variety of institutions worldwide. However, results from research into undergraduate …

Laboratory courses are an important part of the undergraduate physics curriculum. During
physics labs, students can engage in authentic, hands-on experimental practices, which can …

Online education and distance learning has become the new normal since the pandemic hit
in 2019. The effects have brought out adverse changes in educational spaces and teaching …

Digital learning technologies have grown increasingly important in physics education, partly
enforced through the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, digital technologies …

A significant proportion of universities throughout the world switched from conventional face-
to-face course delivery to emergency remote teaching (ERT) in response to the pervasive …

The sudden transition to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in
a significant increase in reliance on instructional technology, some unique to STEM …

We present an analysis of students' thinking skills as evidenced by free-response exam
problems during the Covid-19 pandemic. We compare two inquiry-based, laboratory-based …

This study presents an approach to integrate innovative forms of recitation tasks into first-
year introductory mechanics, with a primary focus on smartphone-based experimental tasks …