Ponente
Robert Fischer
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Descripción
The VISPA internet platform enables users to remotely run simple Python scripts or complex analysis chains and view resulting plots or inspect their output data. With a standard web browser as the only user requirement on the client-side, the system becomes suitable for e-learning / blended learning approaches for university physics students.
VISPA was used in two consecutive years each by approx. 100 third year’s physics students at RWTH Aachen University for their homework assignments. For example, in one exercise students gained a deeper understanding of Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence by analyzing experimental data of electron-positron pairs revealing J/Psi and Z particles in proton-proton collisions with public data from LHC experiments.
Because the students were free to chose their working hours, the access to the platform was spread over the course of a week with only few simultaneous users at a time. The positive feedback from students and the stability of the platform lead to further development of the concept. This year, students will access the platform in parallel while they analyze the data recorded by demonstrated experiments live in the lecture hall.
The platform is based on experience in the development of professional analysis tools. It combines core technologies from previous projects: an object-oriented C++ library, a modular data-driven analysis flow, and visual analysis steering.
We present the platform and discuss its benefits in the context of teaching based on surveys that are conducted each semester.
Reference: http://iopscience.iop.org/0143-0807/35/3/035018/
Autores primarios
Christian Glaser
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Daniel van Asseldonk
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Gero Müller
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Marcel Rieger
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Martin Erdmann
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Martin Urban
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Robert Fischer
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
Thorben Quast
(III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen)
