2021 CAP Virtual Congress / Congrès virtuel de l'ACP 2021

Session

M3-2 Physics and Computing II (DPE) / Physique et calcul II (DEP)

M3-2

7 Jun 2021, 15:45

Underline Conference System

Conveners

M3-2 Physics and Computing II (DPE) / Physique et calcul II (DEP)

• Patricia Mitchler (Canadian Association of Physicists)

639. (I) Building computation skills into our physics program

Michael Massa (University of Guelph)

07/06/2021, 15:45

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

Computational skills are integral to physics research; they enable the operation of instruments, facilitate the analysis of data, and elucidate physical phenomena through simulation. The same can be said for physics curricula; not only does this reflect the importance in research but incorporating computation into physics courses provides its own pedagogical value. Not surprisingly, many...

351. Covid-19 project: What a physics instructor learned by working with engineering coop students to create open probl

Jennifer Kirkey (Douglas College)

07/06/2021, 16:15

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

Covid-19 project: What a physics instructor learned by working with engineering coop students to create open problems using WeBWorK

BCcampus has funded a number of projects to increase the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the British Columbia. There are initiatives to make either Zero (or low cost) Textbook Credentials. One of the major stumbling blocks to having all first-year...