Talks and Posters

    2016

  • "Making the invisible visible: visual representations for quantum mechanics instruction"
    Antje Kohnle, Presentation at the "Effective Learning through Visualisation" workshop, Manchester, 26 May 2016
  • 2015

  • "Multimedia resources for quantum physics instruction: opportunities and challenges"
    Antje Kohnle, Carl Humphreys and Mark Paetkau, Invited symposium presentation at the MPTL 20 Conference, Munich, 9-11 Sep 2015
  • Invited teacher workshops on the QuVis simulations
    Antje Kohnle, Summer School on Quantum Information of the German Physical Society,
    Bad Honnef Germany, 13-17 July 2015 & MPTL 20 Conference teacher workshops, Munich, 12 Sep 2015
  • "Designing interactive simulations to enhance student engagement"
    Antje Kohnle, Carl Humphreys and Mark Paetkau, Presentation at the 2015 AAPT summer meeting, College Park, Maryland, July 25 - 29, 2015
  • "Investigating student understanding of quantum entanglement"
    Antje Kohnle and Erica Deffebach, Poster presentation at the Physics Education Research Conference, College Park, Maryland, July 29-30, 2015
  • "Adding pedagogic value to virtual experiments: examples from the QuVis simulations"
    Antje Kohnle, Invited presentation at the Workshop on Remote Experiments for HE,
    Open University, 17 April 2015
  • "QuVis interactive simulations: tools to support quantum mechanics instruction"
    Antje Kohnle, Invited presentation at the APS April Meeting, Baltimore, 11-14 April 2015
  • "Towards quantum games: interactive simulations for the learning of quantum physics"
    Antje Kohnle, Seminar at the Open University, 12 Mar 2015
  • 2014

  • "Research-based interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics learning and teaching"
    Antje Kohnle, Invited Keynote at the ViCE/PHEC conference, University of Durham,
    28-29 August 2014
  • "Developing a Conceptual Assessment for Advanced Undergraduate Electrodynamics"
    Charles Baily, Contributed Talk at the ViCE/PHEC conference, University of Durham,
    28-29 August 2014
  • "Investigating the Influence of Visualization on Student Understanding of Quantum Superposition"
    Antje Kohnle, Charles Baily and Scott Ruby, Poster presentation at the Physics Education Research Conference, Minneapolis, 30-31 July 2014
  • "Research-based materials for a new introductory quantum mechanics curriculum"
    Antje Kohnle and Derek Raine, Workshop at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting, Minneapolis, 26-30 July 2014
  • "Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics learning and teaching"
    Antje Kohnle, Presentation at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting, Minneapolis, 26-30 July 2014
  • "Research-based interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics learning and teaching"
    Antje Kohnle, Invited Plenary Presentation at the GIREP-MTPL conference, Palermo, Italy,
    7-12 July 2014
  • Workshops on the quantumphysics.iop.org resources at the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester
    Derek Raine, Antje Kohnle and Christina Walker, May to July 2014
  • "ID4001 - Communicating and Teaching Science Module"
    Bruce Sinclair, Presentation at HEA STEM: Ambassador Schemes, Challenges and Opportunities,   St Andrews, 18 March 2014 pdf
  • 2013

  • "Physics Education Research in the Advanced Undergraduate Classroom"
    Charles Baily, Colloquium, University of St Andrews, 4 October 2013
  • "Physics or Philosophy? Quantum Interpretations in the Undergraduate Curriculum"
    Charles Baily, ViCE/PHEC 2013, University of Liverpool, 29-30 August 2013, Invited Talk
  • "Interactive quantum mechanics simulations for chemistry students"
    Antje Kohnle, Georg Hähner, ViCE/PHEC 2013, University of Liverpool, 29-30 August 2013, Presentation
  • Hands-on programming with the Arduino: open-source hardware in an introductory programming laboratory
    Paul Cruickshank, ViCE/PHEC 2013, University of Liverpool, 29-30 August 2013, Workshop
  • "Optimization of simulations and activities for a new introductory quantum mechanics curriculum"
    Antje Kohnle, Charles Baily, Christopher Hooley and Bruce Torrance,
    Physics Education Research Conference, Portland, 17-18 July 2013, Poster pdf
  • "A new introductory quantum mechanics curriculum"
    Antje Kohnle, Dan Browne, Mark Everitt , Pieter Kok, Derek Raine and Elizabeth Swinbank,
    2013 AAPT National Summer Meeting, Portland, 13-17 July 2013, Presentation pdf
  • "Physics or Philosophy? Quantum Interpretations in the Undergraduate Curriculum"
    Charles Baily, 2013 AAPT National Summer Meeting, Portland, 13-17 July 2013, Invited Talk
  • "Open Book Exams"
    Ross Galloway and Bruce Sinclair, Institute of Physics Higher Education Group Meeting on Investigating and enhancing students' problem-solving strategies, 15 May 2013, University of Edinburgh
  • "Active Learning and Quantum Simulations in the Classroom"
    Charles Baily, Invited Talk at the KITP "A New Quantum Era" Conference, Santa Barbara,
    2 March 2013
  • "Physics Education Research - a personal perspective"
    Antje Kohnle, Presentation at the Inaugural Meeting of Physics Teaching Fellow Network, Institute of Physics, London, 30 January 2013
  • 2012

  • "Enhancing physics students' conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills"
    Antje Kohnle, Colloquium, University of Dundee, 5 October 2012, Presentation pdf
  • "Conceptual understanding in physics"
    Derek Raine, Antje Kohnle, Sam Nolan and David Sands,
    Presentation at the Physics Higher Education Conference, Edinburgh, 30-31 August 2012
  • "QuVis: The Quantum Mechanics Visualization project"
    Antje Kohnle, Cory Benfield, Donatella Cassettari, Tom Edwards, Aleksejs Fomins, Alastair Gillies, Christopher Hooley, Natalia Korolkova, Joseph Llama, Bruce Sinclair and Georg Haehner,
    AAPT National Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, 28 July to 1 August 2012, Poster pdf
  • "Evaluation Work For QuVis: The Quantum Mechanics Visualization Project"
    Antje Kohnle, Donatella Cassettari, Tom Edwards, Aleksejs Fomins, Alastair Gillies, Christopher Hooley, Natalia Korolkova and Bruce Sinclair,
    Physics Education Research Conference, Philadelphia, 1-2 August 2012, Poster pdf
  • 2011

  • "A new multimedia resource for teaching quantum mechanics concepts"
    Antje Kohnle, Physics Higher Education Conference, Lancaster, 8 - 9 September 2011
  • "A new multimedia resource for teaching quantum mechanics concepts"
    Antje Kohnle, AAPT National Summer Meeting, Omaha, 29 July to 5 August 2011, Presentation pdf
  • "Developing and evaluating animations for teaching quantum mechanics concepts"
    Antje Kohnle, Departmental Seminar, University of Sheffield, 8 February 2011, Presentation pdf
  • 2010

  • "Promoting conceptual change: Developing and evaluating animations for teaching quantum mechanics concepts", Antje Kohnle, Workshop of the St Andrews Centre for Higher Education Research, 11 November 2010
  • "Modelling real-world problems in introductory physics", Antje Kohnle and Tom Brown, Modelling in physics: getting our students to think like physicists, IOP/HEA workshop, University of York, 20 October 2010
  • "Developing and evaluating animated visualizations for teaching quantum mechanics concepts", Antje Kohnle, Margaret Douglass, Tom Edwards, Aly Gillies, Chris Hooley, Bruce Sinclair, Physics Higher Education Conference, Strathclyde, 8-9 September 2010
  • "Developing and Evaluating Animated Visualizations for Teaching Quantum Mechanics Concepts", Bruce Sinclair, Antje Kohnle, Margaret Douglass, Tom Edwards, Aly Gillies and Chris Hooley, AAPT Summer Meeting, Portland, 17-21 July 2010
  • "Engaging first-year physics students with problem-based learning", Antje Kohnle, University of St Andrews Teaching Innovation Symposium, 18 June 2010
  • "Probing student understanding of physics concepts", Antje Kohnle, Seminar at the Open University, 6 May 2010
  • 2009

  • "Testing the Development of Student Conceptual Understanding of Quantum Mechanics", Antje Kohnle and Emma Robertson, GIREP-EPEC Conference, University of Leicester, 17-21 August 2009
  • "Engaging first-year physics students with problem-based learning", Antje Kohnle, Tom Brown, Cameron Rae and Bruce Sinclair, Science Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, 16-17 June 2009
  • "Physics students in the secondary school classroom - a win-win-win situation?", Bruce Sinclair, Science Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, 16-17 June 2009 pdf
  • "Using mobile digital notetakers to enhance feedback in physics teaching", Antje Kohnle, Natalia Korolkova and Aly Gillies, Science Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, 16-17 June 2009
  • "Engaging first-year physics students with problem-based learning", Antje Kohnle, Tom Brown, Cameron Rae and Bruce Sinclair, Enquiry and Problem-based learning: making it work, Workshop at the University of Leicester, 20 May 2009
  • "Development of learning material for formative computer-based assessment in physics and astronomy", Antje Kohnle, Bruce Sinclair, Tom Brown, Aly Gillies, Jane Greaves, Chris Hooley, Steve Lee and Graham Smith, HEA Departmental Representatives Meeting, Warwick, 12-13 May 2009
  • "Using questions to enhance physics and astronomy teaching", Antje Kohnle, Departmental seminar, University of Hertfordshire, 8 April 2009
  • "Using PBL in physics and astronomy labs", Antje Kohnle, The Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Subject Centre Professional Development Event: Improving the student experience in teaching laboratory and project work, 18 February 2009