The department intends to expand While the department continues to be in favor of integrated lecture and In progress laboratory offerings for educational reasons, we might be forced to scale and improve its integrated lecture back the number of courses and sctions where course material is and laboratory offerings. This will Completed presented in this modality due to the necessity of full time faculty include further imbedding laptop having to meet load. With semester conversion, lower overall based computer activities into the No longer applicable enrollment, and integrated lecture/lab offerings, the total number of courses as well as a new credit hours offered by the department has decreased. We will continue technology called the Vernier to watch enrollment trends during Spring semester 2013 and proceed LabQuest. The department has accordingly. The technology that was purchased will be used in the purchased 24 of these units classroom regardless of the mode of presentation. because they provide a less complicated and less intimidating platform than the laptops. That makes them a worthy technology to further improve the quality of the conceptual physics offerings. The conversion of the Introduction Initial consultation with Distance Learning has taken place and a In progress schedule is in place to proceedwith this venture. The course and to Physics course will begin in the associated lab is scheduled to go live, online, in Fall 2013. Fall 2012. This effort is very large Completed but will serve as another model for the delivery of laboratory based No longer applicable science in the online format. It is the to The plan to convert this course into an online offering has been department’s plan In progress postponed for the time being. Art Ross was the instructor of record for create an online format for the this course since its initiation and was going to work on the conversion. Problem Solving in Physics with Completed However, he is unable to proceed with this effort at this time due to Matlab. This course has a strong health reasons. enrollment and is held with high No longer applicable regard with students. The department hopes to use this course to possibly rekindle interest in the other Computational Science courses.
The department intends to expand and improve its integrated lecture and laboratory offerings. This will include further imbedding laptop based computer activities into the courses as well as a new technology called the Vernier LabQuest. The department has purchased 24 of these units because they provide a less complicated and less intimidating platform than the laptops. That makes them a worthy technology to further improve the quality of the conceptual physics offerings. In progress Completed No longer applicable While the department continues to be in favor of integrated lecture and laboratory offerings for educational reasons, we might be forced to scale back the number of courses and sctions where course material is presented in this modality due to the necessity of full time faculty having to meet load. With semester conversion, lower overall enrollment, and integrated lecture/lab offerings, the total number of credit hours offered by the department has decreased. We will continue to watch enrollment trends during Spring semester 2013 and proceed accordingly. The technology that was purchased will be used in the classroom regardless of the mode of presentation. The conversion of the Introduction to Physics course will begin in the Fall 2012. This effort is very large but will serve as another model for the delivery of laboratory based science in the online format. In progress Completed No longer applicable Initial consultation with Distance Learning has taken place and a schedule is in place to proceedwith this venture. The course and associated lab is scheduled to go live, online, in Fall 2013. It is the department’s plan to create an online format for the Problem Solving in Physics with Matlab. This course has a strong enrollment and is held with high regard with students. The department hopes to use this course to possibly rekindle interest in the other Computational Science courses. In progress Completed No longer applicable The plan to convert this course into an online offering has been postponed for the time being. Art Ross was the instructor of record for this course since its initiation and was going to work on the conversion. However, he is unable to proceed with this effort at this time due to health reasons.
12-13-AU-PHY.docx