2012 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year of College Agenda
The following is an overview of the final agenda for the 2012 Topical Conference on Advanced Laboratories.
Last Updated: July 19, 2012
Main Meeting Room = David Rittenhouse Labs, Auditorium A1
| Tuesday July 24, 2012 |
1:00 pm -
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Check-in desk open: room 3E9 David Rittenhouse Laboratory
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| Wednesday July 25, 2012 |
| 8:00am-8:10am |
Opening Remarks
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| 8:10am-9:25am |
Session I: Plenary Speakers
Gabe Spalding, Overview of challenges and ALPhA's role
Randy Tagg, Amplifying practical knowledge in physics
Marty Johnston, Lab homework in ALL courses!
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| 9:30am-10:30am |
Session II: Panel Discussion
Topic: Curricular Models/Increasing the amount of lab instruction
Panelists: Gary Chottiner, Bret Crawford, David Bailey. Emcee: Gabe Spalding
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| 10:30am-11:45am |
Session III: Plenary Speakers
Doug Martin and Shannon O'Leary, Teaching optics with a focus on innovation
Mark Beck, Integrating the laboratory and classroom in quantum mechanics
Walter Smith, First semester sophomore physics: The advantages of waves & oscillations with semi-coordinated lab
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| 12:00pm-12:45pm |
Box Lunch - at Field House Lobby (45 min)
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| 12:45pm-1:45pm |
Session IV: Panel Discussion (1 hr)
Topic: Case Study: Instructional Labs in Quantum (at multiple levels)
Panelists: David Jackson, David Branning, Enrique 'Kiko' Galvez. Emcee: Mark Beck
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| 2:15pm-4:45pm |
Session V (Round-Robin "Short" Experiment Workshops)
Round 1 - 2:15 pm - 2:55 pm (40 min)
Round 2 - 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm (40 min)
Round 3 - 4:05 pm - 4:45 pm (40 min)
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| 5:15pm-7:45pm |
Session VI (Round-Robin "Short" Experiment Workshops)
Round 4 - 5:15 pm - 5:55 pm (40 min)
Round 5 - 6:10 pm - 6:50 pm (40 min)
Round 6 - 7:05 pm - 7:45 pm (40 min)
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| 8:00pm-9:30pm |
Dinner at City Tap House, 3925 Walnut St.
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| 9:30pm-11:00pm |
Set up time for any equipment for tomorrow's Poster Sessions
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| Thursday July 26, 2012 |
| 8:00am-9:15am |
Session VII: Plenary Speakers
Heather Lewandowski, Assessment - E-CLASS
Saalih Allie, Teaching uncertainty
John Essick, Teaching a basic experimental skill set (control, acquisition, and analysis) in a physics context.
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| 9:30am-10:45am |
Session VIII: Poster Session I and textbook giveaway (1 hr, 15 min)
Includes: Coffee break
Textbooks to be given away:
"Hands-On Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers", John Essick
"Waves and Oscillations: A Prelude to Quantum Mechanics", Walter Smith
"Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Experiment", Mark Beck
"Electronics with Discrete Components", Enrique Galvez
Location: 3rd Floor, Bossone Atrium
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| 11:00am-12:00pm |
Session IX: Panel Discussion (1 hr)
Topics: Goals of Labs / Taxonomy of Experimental Skills
Panelists: Ben Zwickl, David Haase, Eric Ayars. Emcee: Randy Tagg
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| 12:15pm-1:00pm |
Box Lunch - at Franklin Field football stadium (45 min)
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| 1:30pm-4:00pm |
Session X (Round-Robin "Short" Experiment Workshops)
Round 7 - 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm (40 min)
Round 8 - 2:25 pm - 3:05 pm (40 min)
Round 9 - 3:20 pm - 4:00 pm (40 min)
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| 4:30pm-7:00pm |
Session XI (Round-Robin "Short" Experiment Workshops)
Round 10 - 4:30 pm - 5:10 pm (40 min)
Round 11 - 5:25 pm - 6:05 pm (40 min)
Round 12 - 6:20 pm - 7:00 pm (40 min)
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| 7:15pm-8:30pm |
Session XII: Poster Session II, a heavy hors d'oeuvres mixer
Location: 3rd Floor, Bossone Atrium
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| 8:45pm-9:45pm |
Session XIII: PIRA's Advanced Demo Show
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| 9:45pm-10:50pm |
Poster & Equipment removal
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| Friday July 27, 2012 |
| 8:00am-8:35am |
Session XIV: Plenary Speaker
Lowell McCann, The ALPhA Immersion program
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| 8:35am-8:45am |
Break + Transit time to Discussion Rooms
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| 8:45am-9:35am |
Session XV: Break-out Discussion I (50 min)
- "Methods Courses" vs. "Design Courses:" a false dichotomy?
Facilitators: Eric Black (CalTech) and Gary Chottiner (Case Western)
Location: Drexel (Disque Room 919, can accommodate 45 people)
- Teaching Experimental Uncertainty
Facilitator: Saalih Allie (Cape Town)
Location: Drexel (Disque Room 109, can accommodate 50 people, with smart board)
- Instruction in Writing & Revision in the instructional lab
Facilitators: Mark Masters (IPFW) and Elizabeth George (Wittenberg Univ.)
Location: Drexel (Stratton Room 101, seats 35; has projectors)
- Sophomore-level physics & instructional labs
Facilitator: David Van Baak (Calvin College)
Location: Drexel (Disque Room 614, fits only 14 people, but has 3D projector)
- Updating BFY instructional labs in Electronics
Facilitators: Mac Stetzer (Maine) and Everett Ramer (Pittsburgh)
Location: Drexel (Stratton Room 201, seats 35; has projectors)
- Bio-related instructional labs in Physics
Facilitator: Jon Erickson (Washington & Lee)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C2, seats 40 w/ projector)
- BFY instructional labs in Optics & Lasers
Facilitator: Shannon O'Leary (Lewis & Clark)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C4, seats 40 w/ projector)
- Photon-based instructional labs in Quantum Mechanics
Facilitators: Andy Dawes (Pacific Univ.) and Mark Beck (Whitman College)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C6, seats 40 w/ projector)
- Nano- and Condensed Matter/Materials Physics instructional labs
Facilitators: John Essick (Reed College) and Dwight Luhman (Carleton College)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C8, seats 40 w/ projector)
- Statistical Physics / Soft Matter instructional labs
Facilitators: Michael Lerner (Earlham College) and David Bailey (Toronto)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3W2, seats 40 w/ projector)
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| 9:35am-9:45am |
Break + Transit time to next Discussion Room
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| 9:45am-10:35am |
Session XVI: Break-out Discussion II (50 min)
- "Methods Courses" vs. "Design Courses:" a false dichotomy?
Facilitators: Linda Barton (RIT) and Adrienne Wootters (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts)
Location: Drexel (Disque Room 919, can accommodate 45 people)
- Teaching Experimental Uncertainty
Facilitator: David Haase (NC State))
Location: Drexel (Disque Room 109, can accommodate 50 people, with smart board)
- Instruction in Writing & Revision in the instructional lab
Facilitators: Erin Flater (Luther College) and Melissa Eblen Zayas (Carleton College)
Location: Drexel (Stratton Room 101, seats 35; has projectors)
- Sophomore-level physics & instructional labs
Facilitators: Linda Winkler (Minnesota-Moorhead)
Location: Drexel (Disque Room 614, fits only 14 people, but has 3D projector)
- Updating BFY instructional labs in Electronics
Facilitators: Joss Ives (Fraser Valley) and Kurt Wick (Minnesota)
Location: Drexel (Stratton Room 201, seats 35; has projectors)
- Bio-related instructional labs in Physics
Facilitator: Allen Price (Emmanuel)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C2, seats 40 w/ projector)
- BFY instructional labs in Optics & Lasers
Facilitator: Ernie Behringer (Eastern Michigan)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C4, seats 40 w/ projector)
- Photon-based instructional labs in Quantum Mechanics
Facilitators: Sean Bentley (Adelphi Univ.) and Stephen Irons (Yale)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C6, seats 40 w/ projector)
- Nano- and Condensed Matter/Materials Physics instructional labs
Facilitators: Eid Khalid (Miami of Ohio) and Nathan Lindquist (Bethel)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3C8, seats 40 w/ projector)
- Statistical Physics / Soft Matter instructional labs
Facilitators: Andrew Croll (North Dakota State) and Tom Solomon (Bucknell)
Location: Penn (DRL Room 3W2, seats 40 w/ projector)
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| 10:45am-11:00am |
Break
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| 11:00am-12:00am |
Session XVII: Panel Discussion (1 hr)
Topic: Case Study: Evolution of tools for assessing impact of labs
Panelists: Mark Masters, Mac Stetzer, Barbara Hoeling. Emcee: Heather Lewandowski
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| 12:00pm-1:00pm |
Box Lunch + Concluding remarks (1 hr)
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| 1:00pm-2:00pm |
Informal discussions (1 hr)
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| 1:00pm-5:00pm |
Additional time to work with Vendor experiments (4 hr)
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