DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL TOOL TO ASSIST IN THE CLASS OF LABORATORY OF PHYSICAL OPTICS-I

The subject "Physical Optics-I" is taught in the second year of the "Degree in Optics and Optometry" at the University of Alicante, Spain. It falls inside the general matter "Optics" and it is part of the group of subjects of compulsory training of future graduate. This paper presents some lines of work that are being developed at present, leading to the design of a virtual tool, in order to use it in the laboratory practices of the Physical Optics-I. This tool can help students to develop in a comprehensive manner, the practical competences associated with the theoretical concepts studied in class. The objective intended is an interactive environment that unifies different aspects such as: the information that brings the manual of the practices; the visualization of the phenomenon being studied through an explanatory video; obtaining own results through performed experimental measurements and their management through Excel Sheets, as well as, the observation of simulations of the phenomenon in which user can go by varying the values of the parameters that come into play to check its effect.