2021 Virtual Capstone Conference - Schedule
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The conference will take place live on Zoom through Michigan State University. Registered participants should have already received connection information. If you are registered for the conference and did not receive Zoom connection information, please send an email to Marie.
10am - 10:15am Welcome (Marie Lopez del Puerto)
10:15am - 11:15am Plenary I: Brian O'Shea, The future of computational and data science
11:15am - 11:30am Coffee Break
Breakout rooms will be open for conversations:
- Continued discussion with Brian O'Shea
- Faculty Development Workshop at UW-River Falls, 2016 and 2019
- Faculty Development Workshop at UW-River Falls, 2017 and 2018
- Workshops at APS and AAPT national meetings
- Regional / local / institutional / virtual workshops
11:30am - 1:10pm Invited Session: The state of integrating computation
Moderated by Gillian Ryan.
11:30am - 11:55am Ruth Chabay, Computation in the Introductory Physics Course
11:55am - 12:20pm Elizabeth George, Connecting computational and laboratory instruction in physics
12:20pm - 12:45pm Nicholas Young, Why physics instructors choose to include computation in their courses
12:45pm - 1:10pm Paul Irving, Integrating Computation in Science Across Michigan
1:10pm - 2pm Lunch Break
Breakout rooms will remain open for conversations.
- Continued discussion with Ruth Chabay from 1:10pm to 1:30pm
- Continued discussion with Elizabeth George from 1:10pm to 1:30pm
- Continued discussion with Nicholas Young from 1:10pm to 1:30pm
- Continued discussion with Paul Irving from 1:10pm to 1:30pm
- Two-year Colleges
- Four-year colleges and universities
- R1s
2pm - 3pm Networking Birds-of-a-Feather
Join your selected group's breakout room:
- Intro Mechanics
- Intro E&M
- Labs
- Upper-level
- Astronomy
- Research
- Programming language wars?
3pm - 4:40pm Invited Session: Assessment
Moderated by Jay Wang.
3pm - 3:25pm Danny Caballero, Assessing Computational Knowledge and Skills: The Role of Community
3:25pm - 3:50pm Tor Odden, Using Computational Essays to Support Student Creativity and Agency in Physics
3:50pm - 4:15pm Chandralekha Singh, Including computation in physics courses at all levels using evidence-based approaches
4:15pm - 4:40pm Dan Weller, Learning Goal Framework for Computational Thinking in Computationally Integrated Physics Classrooms
4:40pm - 5pm Coffee Break
Breakout rooms will be open for conversations.
- Continued discussion with Danny Caballero
- Continued discussion with Chandralekha Singh
- East coast
- Midwest
- South and international
- West coast
5pm - 6:10pm Contributed Talks moderated by Danny Caballero.
Connection information for workshops (either Zoom or gather.town) will be sent out by the individual workshop facilitators.
10am - 11:50am Parallel Workshops
Th-1 Introductory Physics: Planning a Coherent Course and Choosing the Right Tools
Th-2 Integrating Computation and Experiment
Th-3 Department-wide Computational Integration
Th-4 Lessons from Computer Science Pedagogy
Th-5 Computational Integration into Astronomy and Astrophysics Classes
Th-6 The Computational Physics Course: Objectives, Design, and Assessment
11:50am - 12:10pm Coffee Break (in your workshop)
12:10pm - 2pm Parallel Workshops (continued)
2pm - 3pm Lunch Break (back to MSU's Zoom)
Breakout rooms will be open for conversations.
- Intro Mechanics
- Intro E&M
- Labs
- Upper-level
- Astronomy
- Research
3pm - 4pm Plenary II: Courtney Lannert, Integrating computational physics into your curriculum using the EP3 guide
4pm - 4:10pm Zoom Picture - wear your PICUP shirt!
4:10pm - 4:20pm Coffee Break
Breakout rooms will be open for conversations.
- Continued discussion with Courtney Lannert.
- Two-year Colleges
- Four-year colleges and universities (<5,000 students)
- Four-year colleges and universities (>5,000 students)
- R1s
4:20pm - 5pm Contributed Talks Timeslots 1-4, moderated by Larry Engelhardt
5pm - 5:10pm Break
5:10pm - 6pm Contributed Talks Timeslots 5-9, moderated by Kelly Roos
Connection information for workshops (either Zoom or gather.town) will be sent out by the individual workshop facilitators.
10am - 11:50am Parallel Workshops
Fr-1 Introductory Physics: Planning a Coherent Course and Choosing the Right Tools
Fr-2 Integrating Computation and Experiment
Fr-3 Department-wide Computational Integration
Fr-4 The Computational Physics Course: Objectives, Design, and Assessment
Fr-5 Preparing and Submitting an Exercise Set, and Becoming a Reviewer
Fr-6 Upper-Division Physics: Planning a Coherent Course and Choosing the Right Tools
11:50am - 12:10pm Coffee Break (in your workshop)
12:10pm - 2pm Parallel Workshops (continued)
2pm - 3pm Lunch Break (back to MSU's Zoom)
Breakout rooms will be open for conversations.
3pm - 4pm Invited Panel: Case Studies of Integrating Computation
Moderated by Brandon Lunk. Panelists: Aaron Titus, Tony Musumba, and Michele McColgan.
4pm - 4:20pm Coffee Break
Breakout rooms will be open for conversations.
- Continued discussion with Brandon Lunk.
- Continued discussion with Michele McColgan.
- Continued discussion with Tony Musumba.
- Continued discussion with Aaron Titus.
4:20pm - 5pm Contributed Talks moderated by Danny Caballero
5pm - 5:30pm Concluding Remarks (Kelly Roos)
