[mcstas-users] Announcement of e-neutrons.org, e-learning platform for neutron scattering

[Peter Kjær Willendrup]

Dear all,


We are happy to officially announce the availability of e-neutrons.org<http://e-neutrons.org>: An e-learning platform for neutron scattering.

The platform was developed with support from NMI3-II (EU-FP7) and features an introductory course in neutron scattering and muon spin spectroscopy. The courses contain a varied selection of interactive learning material using three main technologies

1.  A “WIKIbook” built on Mediawiki with various extensions, e.g. for producing mathematical expressions. It is used as the main source of textbook-material

2.  A Learning Management System (LMS) built on Moodle which , provides exercises, quizzes and evaluation

3.  A web simulator for the McStas neutron instrument simulation program, allowing users to perform virtual neutron scattering experiments on predefined instruments

The platform will be further developed and the learning material expanded in connection with SINE2020 (EU-H2020).

To access the e-learning portal, go to https://www.e-neutrons.org, choose “Get an account” and fill in your personal information.


We hope that you will enjoy this new resource and encourage you to try it out!


On behalf of the e-neutrons.org<http://e-neutrons.org> team,

Peter Willendrup


For background information on the platform, the teaching material and didactical considerations, please read the related article from Neutron News Volume 24, Issue 1, 2013 - DOI:10.1080/10448632.2013.751795.

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Funding:
The main funding for the project is provided by the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under the NMI3-II Grant number 283883 and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654000.

We are also grateful for the financial support recieved from the University of Copenhagen via the “Good Education” and “Education 2016″ programmes and from Interreg IV via the ÖMIC programme.

Development:
The people behind the e-neutrons.org<http://e-neutrons.org> infrastructure are

Project leader: Linda Udby, Associate Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Platform development leader: Peter Willendrup, Senior Research Engineer, Technical University of Denmark

Course content and didactical developers: Julie Hougaard, PhD student, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen & Jesper Bruun, Assistant Professor, Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen

Content management and development: Pia J. Ray, PhD student & Linda Udby, Associate Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Software engineer: Jakob Garde, Software developer, Technical University of Denmark

Running server administrator: Jörg Pulz, Technical University of Munich

Learning material:
Contents was contributed by

University of Copenhagen:
Kim Lefmann, Linda Udby, Pia Jensen Ray, Julie Hougaard, Lise Arleth, Kell Mortensen, Bente Lebech, Jesper Bruun

Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL:
Andrew Wildes, Alain Filhol, Helmut Schober

Technische Universität München:
Jörg Pulz, Jürgen Neuhaus

European Spallation Source, ESS:
Markus Strobl



Peter Kjær Willendrup
Senior Research Engineer, Special Advisor

DTU Physics



Technical University of Denmark



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pkwi at fysik.dtu.dk<mailto:pkwi at fysik.dtu.dk>

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