Education
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Diplom-Physiker
(M.Sc.), 1993, Universität Hannover, Germany (theoretical
nuclear physics, adviser Prof. Peter U. Sauer)
- Ph.D., 1997,
Michigan State University, USA (theoretical nuclear physics, adviser Prof.
Wolfgang Bauer)
Positions
- Academic Year 2011/2012, Sabbatical: Visiting Associate Professor of Physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- since 2011, Associate Professor of Physics (tenured),
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Michigan State University
- since 2010, Associate Professor
of Physics Education (tenured), Lyman-Briggs
College, Michigan State University
- Summer 2006, Guest Professor, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
- 2004-2010, Assistant Professor
of Physics Education, Lyman-Briggs
College, Michigan State University
- 2004-2011, Adjunct Professor
of Physics, Michigan State University
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2000-2006,
Principal Investigator, NSF Information Technology Research grant, "Investigation
of a Model for Online Resource Creation and Sharing in Educational
Settings"
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since 1999,
Project Director, The LearningOnline Network with CAPA, Division
of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University
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1997-2011,
Director of Laboratory for Instructional Technology in Education, Division
of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University
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1996, Intern,
Cable News Network (CNN), Atlanta
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1993-1997,
Research Assistant, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, MSU
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
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M. Teresa Peña,
Peter U. Sauer, Alfred Stadler, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Three-nucleon force and
the Delta-mechanism for pion production and pion absorption, Phys.
Rev. C48, 2208 (1993)
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Gerd Kortemeyer,
Wolfgang Bauer, Kevin Haglin, Joelle Murray and Scott Pratt, Causality Violations in
Cascade Models of Nuclear Collisions, Phys. Rev. C52, 2714 (1995)
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Gerd Kortemeyer,
Frank Daffin and Wolfgang Bauer, Nuclear Flow in Consistent Boltzmann Algorithm
Models, Phys. Lett. B, Vol 374, 25 (1996)
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Gerd Kortemeyer,
Wolfgang Bauer, and Gerd J. Kunde, Isospin dependent multi-fragmentation in 112Sn+112Sn
and 124Sn+124Sn collisions, Phys. Rev. C55,
2730 (1997)
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Klaus Morawetz ,Václav Spivcka, Pavel Lipavsky, Gerd Kortemeyer, Christiane Kuhrts, and Regina Nebauer, Virial corrections to simulations
of heavy ion reaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3767 (1999)
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Gerd Kortemeyer and Wolfgang Bauer, Multimedia Collaborative Content Creation (mc3)
- the MSU LectureOnline System, Journal of Engineering Education 88 (4), 421 (1999)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Matthew Hall,
Joyce Parker, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Guy Albertelli II, Wolfgang Bauer,
and Edwin Kashy, Effective
Feedback to the Instructor from Online Homework, Journal of Asynchronous
Learning Networks, Volume 9, Issue 2, (2005)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Wolfgang Bauer,
Walter Benenson, and Edwin Kashy, Retaking a Test Online, The
Physics Teacher, Volume 44, Number 4, 235-239
(2006)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, An analysis
of asynchronous online homework discussions in introductory physics courses,
The American Journal of Physics, Volume 74, Issue 6, 526-536 (2006)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Correlations
between student discussion behavior, attitudes, and learning, Phys. Rev.
ST Phys. Educ. Res. 3, 010101 [8 pages] (2007)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, The Challenge
of Teaching Introductory Physics to Premedical Students, The Physics Teacher,
Volume 45, Number 9, 552-557 (2007)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, A Polarizer
Demo Using LCDs, The Physics Teacher, Volume 46, Number
1, 58 (2008)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Edwin Kashy,
Walter Benenson, and Wolfgang Bauer, Experiences using the open-source
learning content management and assessment system LON-CAPA in introductory
physics courses, The American Journal of Physics, Volume 76, Issue 4&5, 438-444
(2008)
- Peng Han, Gerd Kortemeyer, Bernd
J. Krämer, Christine von Prümmer, Exposure and Support of
Latent Social Networks Among Learning Object Repository Users, Journal
of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS), Volume 14, Issue 10 (2008)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Gender differences in the use of an online homework system in an
introductory physics course, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5, 010107 [8 pages] (2009)
- Gerd Kortemeyer and Catherine Westfall, History of Physics: Outing the Hidden Curriculum?, The American Journal of Physics, Volume 77, Issue 10, 875-881 (2009)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Apparatus for Teaching Physics: Experimenting with Constant Current and Voltage Sources, The Physics Teacher, Volume 48, Number 1, 68-69 (2010)
- Gerd Kortemeyer and Catherine Westfall, The Physical Tourist: A European Study Course, Physics in Perspective, Volume 12, Issue 1, 89-99 (2010)
- Gerd Kortemeyer and Peter Riegler, Large-Scale E-Assessments, Prüfungsvor- und -nachbereitung: Erfahrungen aus den USA und aus Deutschland, Zeitschrift für E-Learning, Volume 5, Issue 1, (2010)
- Émerson Cruz, Brian O'Shea, Werner Schaffenberger, Steven Wolf, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Tutorials in Introductory Physics: The Pain and the Gain, The Physics Teacher, Volume 48, 453-457 (2010)
- Peter Riegler and Gerd Kortemeyer, Praxisbericht: Mehrwert freier elektronischer Übungsaufgaben in MINT-Fächern, Zeitschrift für E-Learning, Volume 5, Issue 3, (2010)
- Julie Libarkin, Emily Ward, Steven Anderson, Gerd Kortemeyer, and Stuart Raeburn, Revisiting the Geoscience Concept Inventory: A Call to the Community, Geological Society of America Today,
21. Issue 8, 26-28 (2011)
- Émerson Cruz, Hélio Dias, and Gerd Kortemeyer, The effect of formative assessment in Brazilian university physics courses, Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, 33, n. 4, 4501 (2011)
- Steven F. Wolf, Daniel P. Dougherty, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Empirical Approach to Interpreting Card-Sorting Data, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8, 010124 [15 pages] (2012)
- James T. Laverty and Gerd Kortemeyer, Function Plot Response: A Scalable System for Teaching Kinematics Graphs, American Journal of Physics, 80, Issue 8, 724-733 (2012)
- Steven F. Wolf, Daniel P. Dougherty, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Rigging the deck: Selecting good problems for expert-novice card-sorting experiments, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8, 020116 [7 pages] (2012)
- James T. Laverty, Wolfgang Bauer, Gerd Kortemeyer, and Gary Westfall, Want to Reduce Guessing and Cheating While Making Students Happier? Give More Exams!, The Physics Teacher 50, 540-543 (2012)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Jordan Fish, Jesse Hacker, Justin Kienle, Alexander Kobylarek, Michael Sigler, Bert Wierenga,
Ryan Cheu, Ebae Kim, Zach Sherin, Sonny Sidhu, and Philip Tan,
Seeing and Experiencing Relativity - A New Tool for Teaching?,
The Physics Teacher, accepted.
See also: Publications
of the LON-CAPA Project, AIP
Scitation, and Google
Scholar
Conference Proceedings
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Gerd Kortemeyer, Wolfgang Bauer, Multimedia Collaborative Content Creation, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (1998)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Wolfgang Bauer, Deborah Kashy, Edwin Kashy, and Cheryl Speier, The LearningOnline Network with CAPA Initiative, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, vol. 31, p. 1003 (2001)
- Guy Albertelli, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, William F. Punch, Gerd Kortemeyer, and Edwin Kashy, Concept Feedback in Computer-Graded Assignments, IEEE Frontiers in Education (2002)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Guy Albertelli, Wolfgang Bauer, Felicia Berryman, Jeremy Bowers, Matthew Hall, Edwin Kashy, Deborah Kashy, Helen Keefe, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, William Punch, Alexander Sakharuk, and Cheryl Speier, The LearningOnline Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach, Computer Based Learning in Science Conference, Cyprus (2003)
- Guy Albertelli, Gerd Kortemeyer, Alexander Sakharuk, and Edwin Kashy, Personalized Examinations in Large On-Campus Classes, IEEE Frontiers in Education (2003)
- Behrouz Minaei-Bigdoli, Gerd Kortemeyer, William F. Punch, Mining Feature Importance: Applying Evolutionary Algorithms within a Web-Based Educational System, International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2004 (2004)
- Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Gerd Kortemeyer, and William F. Punch, Optimizing Classification Ensembles via a Genetic Algorithm for a Web-based Educational System, Proc. Of Joint International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Workshops on Syntactical and Structural Pattern Recognition (SSPR 2004) and Statistical Pattern Recognition (SPR 2004) Lisbon (2004)
- Behrouz Minaei-Bigdoli, Gerd Kortemeyer, William F. Punch, Enhancing Online Learning Performance: An Application of Data Mining Methods, The 7th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2004), Kauai (2004)
- Matthew Hall, Joyce Parker, Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Guy Albertelli, Gerd Kortemeyer, and Edwin Kashy, Gathering and Timely Use of Feedback from Individualized On-Line Work, IEEE Frontiers in Education (2004)
- Mark Urban-Lurain, Guy Albertelli, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Using Information Technology to Author, Administer, and Evaluate Performance-Based Assessments, IEEE Frontiers in Education (2005)
- Stuart Raeburn, Edwin Kashy, David Gift, Byron Brown, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Are Two Course Management Systems better than One?, IEEE Frontiers in Education (2006)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, LON-CAPA – An Open-Source Learning Content Management and Assessment System for the Sciences, m-ICTE 2009 Conference, Lisbon, Vol. 1, 407-411 (2009)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, LON-CAPA – An Open-Source Learning Content Management and Assessment System, Session: Best Practices, EdMedia 2009 Conference, 1515-1520 (2009)
- Gerd Kortemeyer and Émerson Cruz, An Open-Source Learning Content Management and Assessment System, WCCE 2009 Conference, 42 [10 pages] (2009)
- Peter Riegler and Gerd Kortemeyer, Gender Differences in Computer Aided Assessments, Wismarer Frege Reihe (Wismar Frege Series), Heft 03/2010, 23-28 (2010)
- Yoav Bergner, Stefan Dröschler, Gerd Kortemeyer, Saif Rayyan, Daniel Seaton, and David Pritchard, Model-Based Collaborative Filtering Analysis of Student Response Data: Machine-Learning Item Response Theory, The 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 95-102 (2012)
- Steven F. Wolf, Daniel P. Dougherty, and Gerd Kortemeyer, Rigging the Deck - Selecting Good Problems for Expert-Novice Card-Sorting Experiments, PERC Conference, AIP Conf. Proc. 1513, pp. 426-429 (2012)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Philip Tan, and Steven Schirra, A Slower Speed of Light: Developing Intuition about Special Relativity with Games, Foundations of Digital Games (FDG 2013), Chania, Crete, Greece (2013)
Books
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Gerd Kortemeyer et al., Coprozessoren Programmierung mit Turbo Pascal und C++, IWT
Verlag (International Thompson Publishing) (Vaterstetten, Germany), ISBN
3-88322-439-1 (1993)
Book Chapters
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Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli, Pang-Ning Tan, Gerd Kortemeyer, and William F. Punch, Association analysis for a web-based educational system, in Data-Mining in E-Learning (C. Romero and S. Ventura (ed.)), WITpress (Southampton, Boston), ISBN
1-84564-152-3 (2006)
- Susanne Bellmer, Gerd Kortemeyer, and Peter Riegler, Computerbewertete Übungen in mathematischen, technischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagenfächern, in Auf dem Weg zu exzellentem E-Learning - Kooperation und Vernetzung der Hochschullehre in Niedersachsen (Hans-Jürgen Appelrath and Leonore Schulze (ed.)), Waxmann Verlag (Münster, New York, München, Berlin), ISBN 978-3-8309-2122-6 (2009)
Other Publications
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Gerd Kortemeyer, 80387 aktiviert, c't 4/92, 260 (1992)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, APS-Zeitschriften wachsen exponentiell, Physikalische Blätter 3/96, 198 (1996)
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Gerd Kortemeyer,
"Energy Innovation", "Nuclear Stockpile Reliability", "Nuclear
Stockpile Security" (script and video material compilation); "Feynman
lives!" (background research and video material compilation), CNN (Cable News Network) Atlanta (1996)
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German Translation
of Multimedia cd-rom/textbook , Introductory Physics - German
Version (cliXX Physik), Verlag Harri Deutsch, Germany, ISBN
3-8171-1593-8 (1998)
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Cheryl Speier, Gerd Kortemeyer, "Open Source Objects for Teaching and Learning (response
to Syllabus paper given)", Syllabus Magazine, vol. 11 (2001)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, The Evolving
Growth of LON-CAPA, Campus Technology, 10/3 (2006)
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Gerd Kortemeyer, Fertiggerichte
aus der Tiefkühltruhe, Interview, CampusInnovation (2007)
- Susanne Bellmer, Peter Riegler, Gerd Kortemeyer, and Gerd von Cölln, Projektbericht: VITA - Virtual Teaching Assistant, E-learning and Education (eleed) Journal, No. 5 (2009)
- Gerd Kortemeyer and Peter Riegler, Automatisch bewertete Übungsaufgaben und Übungsmaterialien, Die Neue Hochschule, Band 50, Heft 2/09, 34-37 (2009)
- Emily Ward, Julie Libarkin, Stuart Raeburn, and Gerd Kortemeyer, The Geoscience Concept Inventory WebCenter provides new means for student assessment, eLearning Papers, No. 20 (2010)
- Peter Riegler and Gerd Kortemeyer, LON-CAPA - eAsssessment im internationalen Verbund, Hamburger eLearning Magazin, No. 7, 53-55 (2011)
- Gerd Kortemeyer (Product Owner), Philip Tan, Ryan Cheu, Ebae Kim, Zach Sherin, Sonny Sidhu Producer, and Abe Stein, A Slower Speed of Light (Videogame), MIT Game Labs (2012)
- Gerd Kortemeyer, Ten Years Later: Why Open Educational Resources Have Not Noticeably Affected Higher Education, and Why We Should Care, EDUCAUSE Review Online, 02/26 (2013)
Invited Talks and Workshops
- "The
LearningOnline Network with CAPA," 6th Workshop on Multimedia
in Physics Teaching and Learning, Gent, Belgium, October 2001
- "Delivering
Online Content: The Student-Centered Approach" (with Wolfgang Bauer),
Educause Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC), Directors Seminar, Snowmass,
CO, August 2002
- "The
LON-CAPA Initiative," Partnerships in Global Learning Conference, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2003
- "The
LearningOnline Network with CAPA," California Virtual College Student
Support and Instructional Services Conference, San Diego, CA, May 2003
- "The
LearningOnline Network with CAPA," 6th International Conference
on Computer Based Learning in Science, Nicosia, Cyprus, July 2003
- "The
LearningOnline Network with CAPA," American Association
of Physics Teachers, Summer Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, August 2005
- Lecturer, "Web-Enabling Scientific
E-Learning" Workshop, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste,
Italy, November 2005
- CampusSource Workshop, Universität
Dortmund, Germany, December 2007
- Multimedia in Science Teaching Workshop,
Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, August 2009
- EcoEd Digital Library Workshop, Washington, DC, March 2010
- Assessment in LON-CAPA Workshop, Purdue University, IN, May 2010
- The Assessment Continuum - Before, in, and After Lecture, AAPT Conference, Omaha, NE, August 2011
- Making Homework Easier to Do Than to Copy, AAPT Conference, Omaha, NE, August 2011
- The Assessment Continuum, Virginia Tech Special Colloquium, Blacksburg, VA, September 2011
- The History of Modern Physics Study Abroad, Virginia Tech Physics Colloquium, Blacksburg, VA, September 2011
- The e-Learning Revolution - und jetzt noch mal richtig?, CampusSource Tagung, Hagen, Germany, April 2013
Contributed Talks, Workshops, and Colloquia
- Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, February 2002
- Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA, March 2002
- North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, April 2002
- MIT, Boston, MA, August 2002
- NSF, Washington, DC, October 2002
- Learning Lab Lower Saxony, Hanover, Germany, Nov 2002
- LON-CAPA Conference, Reno, January 2003
- National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Conference,
New Orleans, Jan 2003
- UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, May 2003
- HS Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, July 2003
- University of Maryland PERG Seminar, College Park, MA, October 2003
- NLII, San Diego, CA, January 2004
- Learning Management Systems Selection Committee (LMSSC),
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, January 2004
- National Institute of Multimedia Education, Tokyo, Japan, April 2004
- Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, April 2004
- PGL Conference, Management Issues in Distributed
Learning Content Management Systems, Orlando, FL, June 2004
- NSF ITR Grantee Meeting, Washington DC, June 2004
- MSU Computer Science Department, June 2004
- NLII Summer Focus Session, Los Angeles, CA, June 2004
- Seminars in Academic Computing, Snowmass, CO, August 2004
- 9th Workshop on Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning, Universität
Graz, Austria, September 2004
- LON-CAPA Conference, Columbia, SC, January 2005
- Learntec (with CampusSource), Karlsruhe, Germany, January 2005
- 2005 LON-CAPA Workshop, East Lansing, June 2005
- FernUni Hagen, Hagen Germany, June 2005
- CBLIS 2005, Zilina, Slovakia, July 2005
- Brown Bag Seminar, Michigan State University, January 2006
- University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie-Mellon University, Physics
Colloquium, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2006
- Georgetown University, Physics
Colloquium, Washington, DC, April 2006
- North Dakota State University, Colloquium, Fargo, ND,
April 2006
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Colloquium, Richmond,
VA, May 2006
- LON-CAPA Conference Introductory Talk, East Lansing, MI,
May 2006
- LON-CAPA Conference Student Discussion Talk, East Lansing,
MI, May 2006
- CampusContent Forum, Fernuniversität Hagen, Germany,
June 2006
- Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Germany,
June 2006
- Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany, June 2006
- Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, July 2006
- VIPP Program, Michigan State University, July 2006
- CampusSource Workshop, Münster, Germany, October 2006
- China Annual Conference for International Education, Beijing,
China, October 2006
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, November
2006
- University of Maine, April 2007
- University of Colorado, April 2007
- University of Illinois, LON-CAPA Conference, Intro Talk, May
2007
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, June 2007
- VIPP Program, Michigan State University, July 2007
- AAPT Conference, Greensboro, July 2007
- PER Conference, Greensboro, August 2007
- Festkolloquium, Fern-Universität Hagen, Schwerte,
Germany, September 2007
- MPTL, Wrocław, Poland,
September 2007
- CRCSTL Seminar, Michigan State University, October
2007
- Universität Frankfurt, Germany, December 2007
- 2nd International Forum on Online
Education, Michigan State University,
January 2008
- User Conference and Workshop,
Simon Fraser University, Workshop
Welcome, May 2008
- User Conference and Workshop,
Simon Fraser University, LON-CAPA
Community, May 2008
- Physics Research & Education, Computation And Computer-Based Instruction, Poster, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, June 2008
- DPG Tagung Didaktik der Physik, Bochum, Germany, March 2009
- m-ICTE 2009 Conference, Poster, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2009
- User Conference and Workshop, East Lansing, May 2009
- EdMedia 2009, Best Practices Session, Waikiki, HI, June 2009
- WCCE 2009, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, July 2009
- Instructional Technology Brownbag (series of 2), Michigan State University, October 2009
- CeBIT 2010 FutureTalk (with Peter Riegler), Hannover, Germany, March 2010
- DPG Tagung Didaktik der Physik, Hannover, Germany, March 2010
- Michigan State University Model United Nations, East Lansing, March 2010
- User Conference and Workshop, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2010
- Niedersächsisches Telekolloquium Hannover, Osnabrück, Wolfenbüttel, Clausthal, Braunschweig (virtual presentation/workshop), May 2010
- MIT, Boston, May 2010
- UIUC, Champaign-Urbana (with Stuart Raeburn), June 2010
- Universität Göttingen, SourceTalk 2010, August/September 2010
- Workshop: Conducting Research and publishing your MSU Study Abroad Experiences, MSU, November 2010
- Faculty Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology, January 2011
- NSDL Digital Resource Discovery meeting, Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, January 2011
- Brownbag Seminar, LON-CAPA for Mathematics, Michigan State University, February 2011
- Math Department, Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University, February 2011
- CRCSTL Seminar, Physics Education Research, Michigan State University, February 2011
- Brownbag Seminar, LON-CAPA 3.0 Sneak Preview, Michigan State University, April 2011
- Faculty Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology, May 2011
- User Conference and Workshop,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Workshops, Richmond, VA, May 2011
- User Conference and Workshop,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Welcome and Introduction, Richmond, VA, May 2011
- e-Cornucopia Conference, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, May 2011
- AAPT Conference, The Effect of Formative Assessment in Brazilian University Physics Courses (with Emerson Cruz), Omaha, NE, August 2011
- MIT Education Group, Cambridge, MA, January 2012
- Open Education Week, Webinar, March 2012
- Presentation, OpenCourseWare Consortium Board Meeting, Cambridge, UK, April 2012
- Special Physics Colloquium, Universität Leipzig, Germany, April 2012
- Workshops, LON-CAPA Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, May/June 2012
- Series of three talks on Learning Content Management, Assessment, and System Architecture, edX, Cambridge, MA, July/August 2012
- LON-CAPA German Users Meeting, Universität Göttingen, August 2012
- Brown Bag Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, September 2012
- Google, Mountain View, CA, October 2012
- Coursera, Mountain View, CA, October 2012
- Workshop, MSU Statistics Department, October 2012
- Special Colloquium, Universität Leipzig, Germany, April 2013
- Faculty Seminars in Academic Computing, Michigan State University, May 2013
- LON-CAPA Conference and Workshop, Michigan State University, May 2013
See also: Presentations
of the LON-CAPA Project
Commercial Spin-Off
eduCog, LLC, educational services company (2004)
Funded Grant Projects
- 2000-2006: PI, NSF Information
Technology Grant ITR #0085921, Investigation of a Model
for Online Creation and Sharing in Educational Settings, http://www.lon-capa.org/
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2001-2003: PI, Research
Experience for Teachers (Supplement to NSF-ITR 0085921)
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2001: PI, NSF Supplement
National SMETE Digital Library with UC Berkeley
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2002: Co-PI, NSF
PGE/RES/PLN #0225215. How does Technology Affect Gender Equity in Science
Education? A Retrospective and Prospective Study
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2003-2009: Co-PI, NSF
DUE #0243126. Diagnostic Question Clusters: Development and Testing
in Introductory Geology and Biology
- 2004: PI, Concord Consortium, Ready to Teach
- 2007-2010: Co-PI, ELAN III, State of Lower Saxony, Germany, eÜbungen
- 2007-2011: Co-PI, NSF DUE #0717790. Collaborative
Research: Community development of an expanded Geoscience Concept Inventory:
A webcenter for question generation, validation and online testing
Awards
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Scholarship,
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 1988-1994
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Best Paper
Award, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998
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LON-CAPA: ComputerWorld
21st Century Achievement Award, Winner, Education & Academia
Category, 2003
- LON-CAPA: Sloan-C, Most Outstanding Effective
Practice Award, 2004
- Teacher Scholar Award, Michigan
State University, 2008
- LON-CAPA/ELAN III/eÜbungen: European eLearning Award, Finalist, 2009
- Lyman Briggs College Graduating Class Honorary Faculty Certificate, 2010
- Lower Saxony, campusemerge award for excellent use of multimedia in postsecondary education (with Riegler group, Ostfalia University, project vitaMIN(T)), 2011
- American Physical Society, Outstanding Referee Award, 2012
Conferences Organized
- Organizer and Host: 2001 LON-CAPA Conference, Michigan State University, 30 participants from 15 institutions
- Organizer: 2002 LON-CAPA Conference, Florida State University, 56 participants from 22 institutions
- Organizer: 2003 LON-CAPA Conference, Truckee Meadows Community College, 72 participants from 28 institutions
- Organizer: 2004 LON-CAPA Conference, George Washington University, 70 participants from 29 institutions
- Organizer: 2005 LON-CAPA Conference, University of South Carolina, 74 participants from 24 institutions
- Host: 2005 Educause Summer Focus Session, Michigan State University, Rethinking the Classroom: Designs for Interaction, 75 participants from 36 institutions
- Organizer and Host: 2006 LON-CAPA Conference, Michigan State University, 86 participants from 28 institutions
- Organizer: 2007 LON-CAPA Conference, University of Illinois, 51 participants from 11 institutions
- Organizer: 2008 LON-CAPA Conference, Simon Fraser University, 45 participants from 13 institutions
- Organizer and Host: 2009 LON-CAPA Conference, Michigan State University, 47 participants from 15 institutions
- Co-Organizer: 2010 LON-CAPA Conference, Dalhousie University, 31 participants from 10 institutions
- Organizer: 2011 LON-CAPA Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, 45 participants from 9 institutions
- Co-Organizer: 2012 LON-CAPA Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 32 participants from 8 institutions
- Organizer: 2013 LON-CAPA Conference, Michigan State University, 23 participants from 8 institutions
Teaching
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US99, US00,
US02, Michigan State University, NSC(SME) 865, "Technology for Teachers" (2 credits)
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1999, 2000,
2001, Ingham Intermediate School District, "Capital Area Science and Math
Improvement Initiative: Technology for Teachers" (teacher continuing education)
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FS01, FS02
Michigan State University, PHY 231, "Introductory Physics I - Virtual University"
(3 credits)
- US08 East Lansing High School, Units on Light Scattering and Special Relativity (2 weeks)
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SS01, SS02
Michigan State University, PHY 232, "Introductory Physics II - Virtual University"
(3 credits)
- FS04, FS05, FS06, FS07, FS08, FS09 Michigan
State University, LB(S) 271, "Introductory Physics I Calculus-Based" (3
credits)
- SS05, SS06, SS07, SS08 Michigan
State University, LB(S) 272, "Introductory Physics II Calculus-Based" (3
credits)
- US07, US09 Michigan State University,
LB(S) 492, "Senior Seminar Renewable Energy" (4 credits)
- FS07, FS09, FS10 Michigan State University,
PHY 905, "Physics Education Research" (2-3 credits)
- SS08, FS09 Michigan State University,
LB 490C, "Independent Study" (2-4 credits)
- US08, US10 Michigan State University,
SME 862, "Physics for Teachers" (3 credits)
- US08, US11 Michigan State University,
LB 492/490E, PHY 305/405, "The History of Science in Europe (Study Abroad: Germany, Switzerland, Denmark)" (4 credits)
- SS09, FS09 Michigan State University,
LB 490C, "Relativistic Physics Game Development" (2-4 credits)
- FS10, FS12 Michigan State University,
LB 273, "Introductory Physics I Calculus-Based Laboratory and Recitation Component" (equiv. 1 credit)
- SS09 Michigan State University,
LB 272L, "Introductory Physics II Calculus-Based Laboratory Course" (1 credit)
- SS10 Michigan State University, LB 492, "The Modern Physics Revolution: 1905-1945" (4 credits)
- SS11 East Lansing High School, "The Physics of Superheroes and Other Impossible Physics" (lecture series)
- SS11, SS13 Michigan State University, LB 274, "Introductory Physics II Calculus-Based Lecture Component" (equiv. 3 credits)
- US12, US13 Michigan State University, LB 105C, "Preparatory - Physics" (1 credit)
Other Activities
- LON-CAPA
used by more than 160 other institutions
- Authored more than 1400 LON-CAPA online teaching resources in physics, among those more than 430 graphics/photos and 680 online problems
- Design of LON-CAPA software architecture
- Regular contributions to LON-CAPA code base: feature implementation and bugfixes
- Contributed several life-science related end-of-chapter problems to Serway/Vuille College Physics, 8th edition
- Course Script, lb273 Introductory Physics, 220 pages (2010)
- Designed courses in history of physics (with Catherine Westfall), renewable energy, and physics preparation
- Development of Relativity Game with MIT GAMBIT Laboratory
Service
- LON-CAPA currently supporting
15,000 course enrollments/semester at MSU out of LON-CAPA
- 1999-2003: MSU Service/Outreach
Technology Committee (Chair 02-03)
- 2002-2007: MSU Instructional
Computing Technology Committee (Chair 06-07)
- 2003: Faculty Advisory Board,
MSU Science Theatre
- 2008-2011: MSU Faculty/Academic Council (Academic Governance)
- 2008: MSU Awards Committee
- Since 2012: MSU University Committee on Faculty Affairs
- Doctoral Guidance Committees
- Judge, Michigan Science Olympiad (6 years/events)
- Search Committees
- Service on NSF grant review panels
- Journal reviews for The Physics Teacher, The American Journal of Physics, Physical Review ST Physics Education Research, e-learning and education (eleed),
and Computers&Education
- since 2008: Editorial Board, e-learning and education (eleed)
- since 2010: Advisory Board, NSDL Digital Resource Discovery project, Ecological Society of America
- since 2011: Faculty Working Group for Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism, University of Colorado Physics Education Research Group