Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation
Abstract Practical work in optics is essential to understand complex abstract phenomena. Consequently, hands-on experiments are part of most physics’ curricula, despite the fact that they can be hard to set up and maintain. In this article, we present a virtual laboratory tool, called SHIRE, which a...
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| author | Vincent Casamayou Bruno Bousquet Justin Dillmann Nathan Salin Jean-Paul Guillet Lionel Canioni Martin Hachet |
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| description | Abstract Practical work in optics is essential to understand complex abstract phenomena. Consequently, hands-on experiments are part of most physics’ curricula, despite the fact that they can be hard to set up and maintain. In this article, we present a virtual laboratory tool, called SHIRE, which allows students to carry out optical experiments from a desktop computer. SHIRE’s optic simulation is self-adaptive so that it allows the user to set up any optical assembly from scratch. The software includes pedagogical contents that facilitates autonomous work, and it also allows synchronous and asynchronous collaborative work. After a description of how this tool works, we present some examples of use as well as the opinions of the first users. We believe that this new digital tool can help transform current teaching practices in the teaching/learning of optics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3eb2486a4f64761bcf960804b4fb26c2025-08-20T03:42:52ZengSpringerDiscover Education2731-55252025-08-014111810.1007/s44217-025-00718-wPushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulationVincent Casamayou0Bruno Bousquet1Justin Dillmann2Nathan Salin3Jean-Paul Guillet4Lionel Canioni5Martin Hachet6Université de Bordeaux - CNRS -Bordeaux INP - LaBRI UMR5800Université de Bordeaux - Mesures Physiques - IUT BordeauxUniversité de Bordeaux - CNRS -Bordeaux INP - LaBRI UMR5800Université de Bordeaux - CNRS -Bordeaux INP - LaBRI UMR5800Université de Bordeaux- Génie Électronique et Informatique Industrielle - IUT Bordeaux - IMS UMR CNRS 5218Université de BordeauxUniversité de Bordeaux - CNRS -Bordeaux INP - LaBRI UMR5800Abstract Practical work in optics is essential to understand complex abstract phenomena. Consequently, hands-on experiments are part of most physics’ curricula, despite the fact that they can be hard to set up and maintain. In this article, we present a virtual laboratory tool, called SHIRE, which allows students to carry out optical experiments from a desktop computer. SHIRE’s optic simulation is self-adaptive so that it allows the user to set up any optical assembly from scratch. The software includes pedagogical contents that facilitates autonomous work, and it also allows synchronous and asynchronous collaborative work. After a description of how this tool works, we present some examples of use as well as the opinions of the first users. We believe that this new digital tool can help transform current teaching practices in the teaching/learning of optics.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00718-wOpticsEducationPractical experimentsSimulation |
| spellingShingle | Vincent Casamayou Bruno Bousquet Justin Dillmann Nathan Salin Jean-Paul Guillet Lionel Canioni Martin Hachet Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation Discover Education Optics Education Practical experiments Simulation |
| title | Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation |
| title_full | Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation |
| title_fullStr | Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation |
| title_short | Pushing the boundaries of hands-on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation |
| title_sort | pushing the boundaries of hands on optics experiments with interactive digital simulation |
| topic | Optics Education Practical experiments Simulation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00718-w |
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