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Open or closed computational environment?
Computational modeling is the third pillar of modern science and engineering. Computational models are used to predict the weather, model the motion of atoms in a solid and follow the evolution of...
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Which computational tool should we teach?
Computation is fast becoming the third pillar of modern science and engineering. Our students will need to learn to use computational modeling to become versatile problem solvers and expert modelers....
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Developing students’ computational modeling skills
I was asked to share my experience and thoughts on developing students computational modeling skills in large introductory physics courses. What I’m writing about is the work that I completed as part...
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Mathematica won. Ok, what can we do about it?
As I’ve mentioned before, we are planning to systematically introduce computation to the physics majors sequence. One the major decisions that we needed to make was which computational tool to support....
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Laplace’s Equation (and a useful script)
We will be starting Laplace’s equation after Thanksgiving. I wanted to create a little Mathematica problem for the homework in which students learn about relaxation methods. They would be attempting to...
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The revolution is digital. Or is it?
Massively open online courses (MOOCs) are all the rage among “elite” universities. And why not? What university wouldn’t want to teach more students, grant more degrees, and diversify their alumni? The...
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