Using Remote Technologies in Teaching Environmental Physics in Universities

Abstract

© 2020. All Rights Reserved. Environmental physics is defined as the branch of physics concerned with the measurement and analysis of interactions between organisms and their environment. Most commonly, the organisms are plants and animals, and the environment is the atmospheric or soil environment in which they are surrounded. Currently, within the context of updating and improving the education process, special importance is attached to the possibility of applying innovative methods at all stages of education. Environmental physics is one of the main academic disciplines in the ecosystemic areas of training at universities. The success of the study of environmental physics science sections is based on the search and use of modern methods and means in organising the educational process in the form of a kind of information and developmental environment that contributes to the acquisition of new knowledge in the subject area, the formation of professional competencies and an active life position. The paper presents the results and analysis of the work on the implementation of the elements of the Flipped classroom model based on blended learning technology, which involves students independently performing a certain amount of work through the use of distance learning management system modules (LMS Moodle) as part of the study of environmental physics at the Yelabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University. The structure of distance modules and their functionality within the context of organising students’ independent work are described. The use of the developed distance modules, containing the necessary teaching, controlling and auxiliary elements, creates ample opportunities for the implementation of the “Flipped classroom” methodology, the organisation of effective independent work in the process of studying an environmental physics course.