Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2020
Volume 65, Number 2
Saturday–Tuesday, April 18–21, 2020; Washington D.C.
Session J08: Excellence in Physics Education Award: The Open Source TeamEducation Invited Live Prize/Award Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FEd Chair: Gerald Feldman, George Washington University Room: Roosevelt 3 |
Sunday, April 19, 2020 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
J08.00001: Heads, Hearts, and Hands in Computational Physics Invited Speaker: Wolfgang Christian A computer-based approach to teaching must be flexible because students and teachers have different skills, computational confidence, and varying technical backgrounds. Learning how to run the “software du jour” is not the objective of integrating computation into the curriculum. Learning computational thinking, how to use computation and computer-based visualization to communicate ideas, how to design and build models, and how to use ready-to-run models to foster critical thinking is the objective. This talk describes how Open Source Physics (OSP) material in the AAPT-ComPADRE National Science Digital Library can be used to engage students through cognitive (head), affective (heart), and psychomotor (hands) activities. Examples from the OSP Collection will be presented. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 19, 2020 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
J08.00002: Challenges in Computational Physics Education Invited Speaker: Harvey Gould How can we teach computational physics when many students can hardly do algebra? How can we take advantage of the supercomputer in our phones? To what extent should students write their own programs? Can we make programming, especially input and output, easier? How can we incorporate powerful software packages such as the LAMMPS molecular dynamics simulator and the Open Source Physics curricular material and into our teaching? Can we use computation to make physics more relevant to other disciplines without losing what makes thinking like a physicist special? How can we sustain the development of open source projects as the original developers retire? I have more questions than answers, but hope to spur discussion on these questions and others. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 19, 2020 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
J08.00003: The Open Portal into the Open Source Physics Community Invited Speaker: Bruce Mason The operation and growth of the Open Source Physics community has been supported by an open and flexible web environment for communication and sharing. Over the years, the OSP portal in the AAPT/ComPADRE digital library has resulted in a wide range of interfaces for sharing of content and tools. Support for the community is vital and made possible through communication channels connected to the resources. This talk will explore how the OSP portal has been developed and used, the successful and not-so-successful developments that have been made, and potential lessons for creating and sustaining open communities for sharing educational resources, with considerations of similar efforts and projects. [Preview Abstract] |
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