This work presents the Mobile Animation Tool (MAT), for smartphone and tablet, which would provide students and instructors a means to create stop-motion videos in a matter of minutes within the mobile application. The animations produced with the MAT can easily be modified from any frame within the application. This app can provide students with insights into chemical phenomenon and provide instructors a measure of their students’ understanding of phenomenon on a molecular level. The MAT will be used by students and instructors to construct, share, and discuss dynamic processes and in doing so, aid students in developing a deeper understanding of chemical phenomena and encourage innovative, student-centered pedagogies such as peer-instruction. By leveraging readily accessible mobile technology, the sharing of the student-generated animated videos gives instructors a new tool for facilitating dialog between students and can be used to identify student misconceptions. Furthermore, this tool will be particularly useful for instructors who need to create digital content for their online, blended-learning, or flipped classes. Feedback and use data from a pilot study of the app in college and high school classrooms will be presented.<br/>

Mobile animation tool: An app for creating and sharing chemical particulate animations

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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