diff --git a/2020-07-09-jupytercon.xopp b/2020-07-09-jupytercon.xopp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c313001 Binary files /dev/null and b/2020-07-09-jupytercon.xopp differ diff --git a/bio.md b/bio.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c853198 --- /dev/null +++ b/bio.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Ryan C. Cooper is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence at the University of +Connecticut. His background is in mechanics and materials science with an +emphasis on numerical simulations. He has been using Jupyter and Github to +enhance the classroom experience for over four years. Prof. Cooper has developed +and free open source materials for computational work in engineering and +volunteers in the NumPy documentation team. He has a Ph.D. from Columbia +University and spent two and a half years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a +Postdoctoral researcher. diff --git a/overview_bullets.md b/overview_bullets.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c8be86 --- /dev/null +++ b/overview_bullets.md @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +Jupyter notebooks enable engineering students to jump into design work and +experience engineering. + +# Current Knowledge + +* "Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a +preparation for life; education is life itself." - John Dewey +* "the point of engineering programs is not to produce mathematicians; +rather, it is to produce individuals that understand the scope and limitations +of mathematical models so that students can practically and creatively apply +such models scientifically to different problems and situations" (Wilkinson, +2013) +* 11-out-of-26 engineering majors tinkered with projects as children. Kruz and +* 10-out-of-26 engineering majors want a job. Kruz and +* The most important ABET +outcomes ranked by practicing engineers, employers, and recent graduates are +1-problem solving and 2-communication\cite{passow2017,evans1993}. +* Both PBL and PjBL have shown to be effective in +higher education\cite{carlile1998,morrison2004}. Students +search, solve, create, and share approaches\cite{awang2008} using math models +and measurements. +* PjBL can have a positive effect on students' attitudes towards the +course\cite{bell2010}. +* Separating body from mind-and recognition from meaning-is a failure on the + part of education (J. Dewey D&E p179) +* Jupyter noteb + +# Gap in Knowledge + +* A book or a letter may institute a more intimate association between human + beings separated thousands of miles from each other than exists between + dwellers under the same roof. (J. Dewey Democracy and Education) + +* The goal is to build a community that leverages tinkerers as problem-solving + mentors to help the job-seekers answer a call to adventure + +# Importance of Gap + +* Learning without experience is an illusion. +* In order to fully understand and apply engineering knowledge, students need to + struggle, experiment, and grow + +# Long term Goal + +* Long term the goal is to build interactive educational resources to foster + community in education, because education is built upon experience and + community + +# Overall objective + +* The overall objective of this talk is to demonstrate how Jupyter notebooks can +* be used to build genuine design experience + +# Central Hypothesis + +* My central hypothesis is that learning is achieved in a social experience + through trial-and-error + + +# Rationale + +I have been teaching for over four years and used Jupyter in a number of +formats: as slides to present information and topics, as lab notebooks for +engineering labs, as homework problems and examples, and as fully interactive +course material. + + +# Specific Aims + +* I aim to build Jupyter-based resources for engineering students +* The notebooks provide a space to experiment and tinker + +* I aim to create community around these notebooks + +■ *If you are proposing hypothesis-driven research, write a bullet here +that summarizes the working hypothesis for the first aim. If you are +proposing research that is purely need driven, write a bullet that +summarizes the main approaches/methods that will be employed to complete +the stated task.* + +*■ Continue by writing the two bullets described, above, for each of +your aims.* + +*■ Delete preceding* Workbook *text.* + +***Creativity, Originality and/or Transformative Potential.*** The +purpose of this component is to call attention to why/how the proposed +research differs from what is being done elsewhere. Be sure that any +claim of "transformative potential" that you make is not overreaching on +your part. + +■ *Write your bullet(s) here and then delete preceding* Workbook +*text..* + +***Expected Outcomes.*** The purpose of Expected Outcomes is to tell +reviewers what each of your aims is expected to produce and how those +products collectively attain the overall objective of the grant +application. + +■ *Write a bullet here for the expected outcome of each aim.* + +*■ Write a bullet that tells reviewers that the expected outcomes +collectively attain your overall objective for the project.* + +*■ Delete the preceding* Workbook *text.* + +***Generality Regarding Positive Impact.*** The purpose of this final +bullet is to point out generally that the expected outcomes will +positively impact your field. Collectively, by attaining the overall +objective of the application they will advance the field vertically. +Write the bullet at a general level. Make sure that it creates a +seamless segue into the next, *Expected Significance* section. + +■ *Write your bullet here and then delete the preceding* Workbook +*text.* + +As a suggestion, once you have completed the outline, leave it alone for +a day or so. Our experience is that, if you do so, invariably you will +be able to improve it. When you have reached the point of diminishing +returns, show it to Co-PIs who are on the application with you. Consider +having students/postdocs who will be involved in the project take a shot +at it. That kind of collective effort will pay big dividends because, if +the outline has been optimized, expanding its bullets into sentences +will create a compelling first draft of your Overview & Objectives +section that will need little refinement. diff --git a/proposal.md b/proposal.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9273f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/proposal.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +# + +# Brief Summary +------------- + +Outline +-------- + +# Defining engineering knowledge and framing education + +# My journey of design with Jupyter in Education + +## Reflecting upon journey of design + +## I recognized a need and began experimenting + +## Became overwhelmed by information and found help + +## Built my JupyterHub server and Github course materials + +## Now I needed to quantify student engagement, success, etc. + +## The materials bring lower the threshold to get students coding, so I can +focus on their engineering design process + +# Building the journey of design into my classes + +## Students want experience with Python (Jupyter is by far lowest barrier) + +## Familiar engineering situations and models are put into Jupyter notebooks + +## Students must interpret and seek help on deciphering these new approaches + +## The final solution is often in the form of a large array of data. What does +it mean? + +## Students must print out data, plot values, and try new ways to get their model + +# + +# Affiliation +Department of Mechanical Engineering +University of Connecticut +Storrs, CT 06269 + +# Past Experience + +# Requests + diff --git a/word_cloud.md b/word_cloud.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eed890f --- /dev/null +++ b/word_cloud.md @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +"Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a +preparation for life; education is life itself." - John Dewey + +"In the cave you fear to enter lies the treasure you seek." - Joseph Campbell +_Hero of a Thousand Faces_ + +1. Call to adventure + +2. Accept the challenge + +3. Conquer your fear + +4. Claim your treasure + +However, the point of engineering programs is not to produce mathematicians; +rather, it is to produce individuals that understand the scope and limitations +of mathematical models so that students can practically and creatively apply +such models scientifically to different problems and situations (Wilkinson, +2013) + +Wilkinson, J. (2013). Using group-projects in the teaching of mathematics to +electrical engineering students. In L. Thorley & R. Gregory (Eds.), _Using +group-based learning in higher education_ (pp. 155–160). Philadelphia, PA: Kogan +Page. + +11-out-of-26 engineering majors tinkered with projects as children. Kruz and +10-out-of-26 engineering majors want a job. Kruz and +Kellam 2018. + +10-out-of-26 students want to check a box for Python experience, but +11-out-of-26 would enjoy tinkering and discovering. + +The goal is to build a community that leverages tinkerers as problem-solvers and +mentors to help the job-seekers answer a call to adventure + +Creating the engineering design experience in Jupyter + + +I want them to understand and apply engineering design, learning Python is a +bonus + +without the struggle and discovery of design learning is an illusion + +A student that memorizes a list of 100 Python functions and remembers 97 of +those for a test has taken a shortcut from a position of "needing" information +to "having" information + +You can use technology, in this case Jupyter, to help make facilitate this +shortcut, but I wanted to build a design journey. + +They should spend time looking at a familiar idea in a new way e.g. take a +projectile motion equation and turn it into a function. + +They should compare answers and force themselves to ask for help. From +colleagues, TA's, and myself. + +They need to come up with a working function, but then be faced with the +question. What does it mean? How do I use this huge/confusing/obtuse array of +computer-speak. + +Then, they draw from these past experiences: defining speed, defining energy, +etc. and build an interpretation of this work. Make plots, print out values, +verify their work. + +Finally, they should be telling me what is important. What did they do? Why did +they do it that way? + +