DoITPoMS

The DoITPoMS project originated in the early 1990s, incorporating customized online sources into the curriculum of the Materials Science courses in the Natural Sciences Tripos of the University Cambridge.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weJVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia |title=Materials World: The Journal of the Institute of Materials |date=2003 |publisher=The Institute |language=en}} The initiative became formalized in 2000, with the start of a project supported by the UK national Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL). This was led by the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge with five partner institutions, including the University of Leeds, London Metropolitan University, the University of Manchester, Oxford Brookes University, and the University of Sheffield. This period of cooperation lasted for about 10 years.{{Cite web |title=Volume 29, Nrs 1-2 {{!}} International Council on Materials Education |url=https://icme.unt.edu/volume-29-1-2 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=icme.unt.edu}}{{Cite web |title=About DoITPoMS |url=https://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/about/index.php}}

The FDTL project was aimed at building on expertise concerning the use of Information Technology (IT) to enhance the student learning experience and to disseminate these techniques within the Materials Education community in the UK and globally.{{Citation |last=Rutter |first=Noel |title=Developing, Maintaining and Using Active Learning Resources for Online Learning and Teaching |date=2020 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8928-7_7 |work=Tertiary Online Teaching and Learning: TOTAL Perspectives and Resources for Digital Education |pages=71–85 |editor-last=McKenzie |editor-first=Stephen |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-15-8928-7_7 |isbn=978-981-15-8928-7 |s2cid=235092225 |access-date=2022-10-29 |editor2-last=Garivaldis |editor2-first=Filia |editor3-last=Dyer |editor3-first=Kyle R.|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite book |last=Solimini |first=Domenico |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSMGDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA71 |title=Understanding Earth Observation: The Electromagnetic Foundation of Remote Sensing |date=2016-04-19 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-25633-7 |language=en}} This was done by creating an archive of background information, such as video clips, micrographs, simulations, etc, and libraries of teaching and learning packages (TLPs) that covers a particular topic, which were designed both for independent usage by students and as a teaching aid for educators. A vital feature of these packages is a high level of user interactivity.{{Cite journal |last1=Rushe |first1=Michelle |last2=Silva |first2=Arlindo |date=2013-06-23 |title=Supporting and Enhancing Materials Teaching |url=https://peer.asee.org/supporting-and-enhancing-materials-teaching |pages=23.1116.1–23.1116.7}}{{Cite book |last1=McKenzie |first1=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktQPEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA85 |title=Tertiary Online Teaching and Learning: TOTAL Perspectives and Resources for Digital Education |last2=Garivaldis |first2=Filia |last3=Dyer |first3=Kyle R. |date=2020-12-17 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-981-15-8928-7 |language=en}}

DoITPoMS has no commercial sponsors and no advertising is permitted on the site.{{Cite book |last1=Clyne |first1=T. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oKWDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA131 |title=An Introduction to Composite Materials |last2=Hull |first2=D. |date=2019-07-11 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-86095-6 |language=en}} The background science to the resources within DoITPoMS has all been input by unpaid volunteers, most of whom have been academics based in universities. A single person retains responsibility for a particular resource, and these people are credited to the site.{{Cite journal |last1=Kench |first1=Steve |last2=Squires |first2=Isaac |last3=Dahari |first3=Amir |last4=Cooper |first4=Samuel J. |date=2022-10-22 |title=MicroLib: A library of 3D microstructures generated from 2D micrographs using SliceGAN |journal=Scientific Data |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=645 |doi=10.1038/s41597-022-01744-1 |issn=2052-4463 |pmc=9588049 |pmid=36272972|arxiv=2210.06541 |bibcode=2022NatSD...9..645K }} While the logo of University of Cambridge does appear on the site, is content is available freely and licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 UK.{{Cite web |title=DoITPoMS — Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science |url=https://www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-cambridge/doitpoms-dissemination-of-it-for-the-promotion-of-materials-science |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=The campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge |language=en}}

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The set of resources currently{{when|date=February 2025}} available on the site comprises Libraries of TLPs (~75), Micrographs (~900), Video clips (~150), Lecture demonstration packages (5), and Stand-alone simulations (2). These all have slightly different purposes, and the modes of usage cover a wide range.{{Cite web |title=doitpoms.ac.uk - Dissemination of IT for the Pr... - DoIT PoMS |url=https://sur.ly/i/doitpoms.ac.uk/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=sur.ly}} In each TLP, several simulations typically allow the user to input data to visualise the characteristics of particular effects or phenomena. This is to enable students to explore areas in their way and facilitates the creation of exercises by educators.{{Cite journal |last=Bourne |first=Neil K. |date=2016-02-17 |title=Unexpected Twins |url=https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/19 |journal=Physics |language=en |volume=9|page=19 |doi=10.1103/Physics.9.19 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2016PhyOJ...9...19B }}{{Cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Catrina E. |last2=Gibson |first2=Amanda E. |last3=Cuillier |first3=Paul M. |last4=Li |first4=Cheng-Han |last5=Crosby |first5=Patrice H. N. |last6=Trigg |first6=Edward B. |last7=Najmr |first7=Stan |last8=Murray |first8=Christopher B. |last9=Jinschek |first9=Joerg R. |last10=Doan-Nguyen |first10=Vicky |date=2022-08-30 |title=Local structure elucidation of tungsten-substituted vanadium dioxide (V $$_{1-x}$$ 1 - x W $$_x$$ x O $$_2$$ 2 ) |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=14767 |doi=10.1038/s41598-022-18575-0 |pmid=36042264 |pmc=9428210 |issn=2045-2322}} Each TLP has a set of questions at the end, designed to test whether the main points of the TLP have been understood.{{cite journal |last1=Barber |first1=Z |date=2007 |title=The DoITPoMS project - A web-based initiative for teaching and learning Materials Science |journal=J. Mater. Education |volume=29 |pages=7–16}}{{Cite book |last=Zehnder |first=Alan T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=714J5kXbYocC&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA59 |title=Fracture Mechanics |date=2012-01-03 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-007-2595-9 |language=en}}

The TLPs cover many diverse topics within the broad field of Materials science, ranging from basics, such as crystal structures and thermal conduction,{{Cite book |last=Ling |first=Lim, Hwee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmbCCAAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA197 |title=Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education |date=2015-02-28 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=978-1-4666-8184-2 |language=en}} to more applied areas,{{cite journal |last1=Warmuzek |first1=M |date=2021 |title=Application of the convolutional neural network for recognition of the metal alloys microstructure constituents based on their morphological characteristics |journal=Computational Materials Science |volume=199 |page=110722 |doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110722}} such as the design and functioning of batteries{{Cite book |last1=Aifantis |first1=Katerina E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLiYEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA46 |title=Rechargeable Ion Batteries: Materials, Design, and Applications of Li-Ion Cells and Beyond |last2=Kumar |first2=R. V. |last3=Hu |first3=Pu |date=2022-11-14 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-3-527-35018-6 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Aifantis |first1=Katerina E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJBq21jyzjkC&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA80 |title=High Energy Density Lithium Batteries: Materials, Engineering, Applications |last2=Hackney |first2=Stephen A. |last3=Kumar |first3=R. V. |date=2010-03-30 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-3-527-63002-8 |language=en}} and fuel cells.{{Cite book |last=Behling |first=Noriko Hikosaka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4CF1ji4Z2gC&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA216 |title=Fuel Cells: Current Technology Challenges and Future Research Needs |date=2012-12-05 |publisher=Newnes |isbn=978-0-444-56325-5 |language=en}} Tools such as X-ray diffraction{{Cite web |title=17. X-Ray Emission & Absorption {{!}} Introduction to Solid State Chemistry {{!}} Materials Science and Engineering |url=https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/3-091sc-introduction-to-solid-state-chemistry-fall-2010/pages/crystalline-materials/17-x-ray-emission-absorption/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=MIT OpenCourseWare |language=en}} and the finite element method{{Cite book |last1=Eggers |first1=J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_lfCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA410 |title=Singularities: Formation, Structure and Propagation |last2=Fontelos |first2=M. A. |date=2015-09-10 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-09841-1 |language=en}} are also included.{{Cite book |last=Colpaert |first=Hubertus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zlsDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA26 |title=Metallography of Steels: Interpretation of Structure and the Effects of Processing |date=2018-08-01 |publisher=ASM International |isbn=978-1-62708-149-8 |language=en}} Many, although not all, of these topics, go into greater depth and are designed explicitly as educational resources.{{Cite book |last1=MacKenzie |first1=D. Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z47MBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22DoITPoMS%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA291 |title=Analytical Characterization of Aluminum, Steel, and Superalloys |last2=Totten |first2=George E. |date=2005-10-10 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4200-3036-5 |language=en}}

Approximately half a million users accessed the site in 2021.{{Cite web |title=doitpoms.ac.uk at WI. Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS) |url=https://website.informer.com/doitpoms.ac.uk |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=website.informer.com}}{{Cite web |title=Doitpoms.ac.uk website. Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS). |url=http://websites.milonic.com/doitpoms.ac.uk |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=websites.milonic.com}}

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