A Case Study of Open Source Physics (OSP) Learning Community (LC)

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the sustainability and scaling-up of the Open Source Physics learning community in Singapore, emphasizing the roles of vision, passion, and collaborative practices within the 3Ps framework.

Contribution

It introduces a case study applying the 3Ps framework to understand how an open source physics community can sustain and expand through shared vision and collaborative processes.

Findings

The community can self-sustain through Product, Process, and People.

Passion and vision are key drivers for spreading good practices.

Formalized initiatives like CSI support scaling efforts.

Abstract

This paper examined how the Open Source Physics at Singapore learning community of teachers, loosing connected as creators, adapters and users, is projected to be able to self sustain, through the 3Ps scaling-up framework, of Product, Process and People. References were made to another project called WiMVT Web-based iMVT and now known as Collaborative Science Inquiry (CSI), a formalize Ministry of Education (MOE) effort to spread out good practices. Having a vision, reason, and passion-emotion are factors that the authors argue can fuel and propel the spreading of those good teaching and learning practices.