Digital Games and Quantum Physics in University

Sep 7, 2023, 5:40 PM
20m
T2 (MFF UK)

T2

MFF UK

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Department of Physics Education
Distance oral presentation Presentations/Workshops

Speaker

Daria Anttila (University of Turku)

Description

Using digital games in quantum physics education can help students to understand and visualize quantum phenomena and create intuition for quantum formalism. In addition, games can have the potential to trigger interest. Depending on the purpose, digital games can be used in different ways, e.g., supported by a general introductory quantum physics lesson, combined with traditional quantum physics teaching based on solid mathematical foundations, or instead of using games as a part of the educational process, we can use game development as an educational process itself. In this presentation, we introduce different possibilities and our experience in using digital games at the university for different educational and outreach purposes related to quantum physics.

Contribution categories - primary focus University
Contribution categories - type Application (shared experience, activity suggestions)

Primary author

Daria Anttila (University of Turku)

Co-author

Ms Laura Piispanen (Aalto University)

Presentation materials