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The development of modern, interactive acoustic courseware material within the Acoustics Knowledge Alliance project

The impact of sound and acoustic phenomena on daily life and its overall quality is not sufficiently perceived by the general public. In addition, in practically all fields of acoustics, there is a lack of professionals with the necessary knowledge and training to solve the problems that occur in everyday life. In order to raise general awareness of the importance of acoustics and to disseminate knowledge to both professionals and lay people, several universities and companies have joined forces in a consortium with the goal to facilitate the development and dissemination of contemporary teaching materials that go beyond the usual forms and approaches to knowledge transfer. As a result, the freely accessible platform Acoustic Courseware (ACOUCOU) was launched. Over the years, the consortium has developed different courseware on acoustics for specific user groups within the scope of several projects. The latest, ongoing project is the Acoustics Knowledge Alliance (ASKnow) project, funded by the ERASMUS+ programme. The aim is to develop modern, interactive content that will form a well-rounded package of teaching materials. These materials will be used in five specific areas of acoustics, i.e. in five corresponding courses: Acoustic Fundamentals, Psychoacoustics, Acoustic Simulations and Auralisation, Electroacoustics, and Room and Building Acoustics. This paper provides an overview of the ASKnow project, its tasks and objectives. It describes the nature and structure of the developed materials and discusses the development procedures used in their creation. The challenges encountered along the way are briefly outlined. The project has entered the phase of transforming the developed teaching materials into their final form, i.e. the interactive online content. This provides an opportunity to present selected extracts of the raw materials developed during the first half of the project, as well as examples of the finished prototypes of interactive online lessons.

online learning platform, interactive teaching materials, freely accessible

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