Education Workshop - APS Forum on Education and DCOMP

Incorporating Simulations and Computer Modeling into Upper Level Physics Courses

Sunday, March 15, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Convention Center
Room 317/318

Cost: Free
Partial funding for this work was obtained through NSF grants DUE-0442581, NSF-PHY-0653129 and NSF- PHY-055434.

Organizer
APS Department of Education

Who Should Attend
This workshop was designed for anyone teaching or planning to teach upper level physics as well as computational physicists wishing to adopt the OSP Java libraries and OSP programs for their own teaching and research. The general pedagogical and technical issues in the design of interactive computer-based tutorials was discussed as well as how OSP programs can be adapted to local situations.

Workshop Description
This workshop presented recently developed computer-based curricular material that improves student understanding of upper-level physics topics and that makes many previously inaccessible topics accessible to undergraduate and graduate students. Participants received a CD containing curricular material from the Open Source Physics (OSP) project as well as the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling and authoring tool. All programs are freely distributable under the GNU GPL license.

   Additional information can be obtained from the ComPADRE website.

Speakers
Wolfgang Christian
Harvey Gould
Anne Cox
Chandralekha Singh