Research Papers in Physics and Astronomy

 

Title

Challenges from Alfred Bork: What has happened to computers in physics education?

Authors

Robert Fuller

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

October 2007

Comments

Submitted to the American Journal of Physics Sept., 2007. Copyright 2007 Robert G. Fuller.

Abstract

In his 1978 Millikan lecture on Interactive Learning, Alfred Bork discussed eleven different modes of computer use in physics education. This paper converts Bork’s modes into challenges to the computers in physics education community and evaluates our progress since 1978. It concludes with a brief discussion of future challenges.