R. G. Fuller , University of Nebraska-Lincoln E. T. Patterson, U.S. Air
Force Academy
D. V. Davis, New Hampshire Tech. College
M. R. Schetterer, U.S. Air Force Academy
D. L. Wagner, Edinboro Univ. of PA.
D. M. Winch, Kalamazoo College
M.T. McDowell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 Ferguson Hall, Lincoln,
NE 68588-0147
402-472-1100, or 800-332-0265 ask for "PIPI" or e-mail mmcdowel@unlinfo.unl.edu.
Application Deadline: February 24, 1995
supported by a National Science Foundation undergraduate faculty enhancement
grant, #DUE-9353965
*Video cameras, microphones and digitizing effects enable instructors
to create desk-top audio/video physics lessons.
The purposes of this workshop are to:
i) foster discussions of new strategies for the teaching of physics using
the capabilities of interactive digitized media.
ii) enable you to become skilled in the use of interactive digitized media
for teaching physics courses for undergraduates.
iii) help you develop lessons to improve the learning of physics using existing
interactive software and technologies.
iv) prepare you to lead local, regional, or national workshops on teaching
college science using interactive digitized media.
v) share new physics course-related interactive digitized media lessons
with other physics educators.
The workshop will be held at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA),
near Colorado Springs, CO from June 11, 1994 to June 23, 1995. All of the
workshop activities will take place in the classrooms of the USAFA. The
workshop will provide a variety of Macintosh and MS-DOS systems with digital
media capabilities. Other platforms will not be supported. The complete
range of physics teaching equipment of the USAFA will be available for use
by the workshop participants. The participants will be housed in a motel
near the USAFA and transported to and from the USAFA academic building by
van. Lunches will be provided at the USAFA Officers Club. The Colorado Springs
area offers excellent relaxation and recreation opportunities for the participants
when they are not busy with the tasks of the workshop.
First, the participants will explore different ways that interactive
digitized media can be used in physics courses. During these explorations
they will learn the possibilities and limits of interactive, digitized media.
After completing this period of exploration, the workshop group, faculty
and participants, will have seen a variety ways to use interactive digitized
media in physics teaching. Computational physics, numerical methods, collection
and analysis of data, mathematical modeling of real systems and infinitesimal
time analyses (1/30th of a second) of motion, are only a few of the topics
that may be considered. The workshop experiences address the question: How
do the new kinds of digitized media images available to our students change
both the physics we do and how we do it?
Second, the participants will work cooperatively in small groups to prepare
interactive media lessons on selected topics from the undergraduate physics
curriculum. Topics will be especially chosen to highlight the capabilities
of the interactive digitized media techniques to improve the learning of
physics. As broad a range of topics as feasible will be treated by the workshop
participants during their two weeks together.
The participants will work in teams of three people to develop interactive
digitized media lessons. At the end of the first week they will demonstrate
their lessons to all of the participants.
During the second week of the workshop, participants will work with a different
physics concept and a different team of participants. Hence, each participant
will return home with first-hand experience with at least two different
physics lessons and exposure to many more. Special discussion groups on
the value of technology in making physics more relevant to under-represented
groups will be included as part of the workshop.
The participants will discuss the design and leadership of workshops on
the use of interactive media technologies to teach college science courses.
Each participant will be asked to offer at least one workshop for other
educators as a follow-up activity.
If you are interested in being considered for participation in this workshop
please complete the attached application form and submit it with accompanying
support materials. Women and under-represented minorities are encouraged
to apply.
The workshop staff will help participants with special needs so that they
may participate fully in the workshop. While the workshop cannot cover the
cost of child care for participants who bring their children with them,
the staff will help arrange for the necessary care. The USAFA facilities
are accessible to the handicapped, and transportation for handicapped participants
will be available as needed.
If you have special needs such as child care, transportation for handicapped,
or interpretive services for a hearing impairment, you do not need to identify
them at this time. This information will be requested if you are chosen
as a participant.
Please include any information which you consider relevant and in support
of your application. For example, this information may include course syllabi
in which technology played a role, papers on the use of technology in physics
classes, and descriptions of software or video materials you have developed
for teaching purposes.
Faculty members selected to participate in this workshop will:
i) have teaching experience with some form of interactive technology,
ii) have demonstrated scholarly activity in physics or physics education,
either by published articles or presentations at meetings,
iii) have group leadership experience, and
iv) agree to lead a local/regional workshop during the 1994-95 academic
year.
Participants will receive living expenses for twelve days. They will need
to provide their own transportation to and from Colorado Springs.
Institutional commitment to provide equipment for the use of interactive
digitized media technologies in undergraduate instruction is an important
aspect of participant selection. A letter of support and commitment from
a college or university official is required as a part of the application
process.
The workshop faculty are physicists who have demonstrated leadership
in the use of interactive technologies for physics instruction. The workshop
co-directors are:
Robert G. Fuller, (rfuller@unlinfo.unl.edu) University of Nebraska- Lincoln,
a producer of the Physics: Cinema Classics videodiscs and developer
of multimedia physics laboratory lessons.
Evelyn T. Patterson, (PattersonET%DFP%USAFA@dfmail4.usafa.af.mil) U.S. Air
Force Academy, was a physics content specialist for the Physics Teachers
CD-ROM Toolkit project and is an experienced user of interactive video with
college students.
The contact person is Marilyn T. McDowell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
110 Ferguson Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0109 . Telephone: 402/472-1100 or 800-332-0265,
ask for "PIPI (mmcdowel@unlinfo.unl.edu).
The workshop faculty will include:
Doyle V. Davis, (D_DAVIS@UNHH.UNH.EDU) Director of Interactive Multimedia
training project for faculty of the New Hampshire Technical College system.
Michael R. Schetterer, (Schetterer MR%DFP%USAFA@dfmail4.usafa.af.mil) U.S.
Air Force Academy, is experienced in CD-ROM, digitized video, and computer
algebra software and hardware.
David L. Wagner, (wagner@edinboro.edu)Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
has developed a restructured introductory physics course using computer
based data acquisition, physics simulations, interactive videodiscs, and
digitized video.
David M. Winch, (K0753@AppleLink.Apple.COM) Kalamazoo College, is noted
for his work in the classroom use of videodiscs for physics teaching, self-paced
instruction, and computer-based physics lessons.
For consideration a completed application form with a supporting letter
must reach R. G. Fuller, Room 110, Ferguson Hall, c/o Physics Department,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588-0109, before 5:01 p.m. CST, February
25,1995, by mail or FAX 402/472-6234. Participants will be notified of their
selection by March 15, 1995.