The list of curriculum development workshops and events are accessible via the calendar.
There is support available to assist educators with developing computational science and HPC curriculum.
Blue Waters Call for Undergraduate Materials Development -- The NCSA Blue Waters project, in collaboration with the National Computational Science Institute (NCSI) and national HPC programs, is launching a coordinated effort to prepare current and future generations of students with the computational thinking skills, knowledge and commitment to advance scientific computing through the use of high performance computing (HPC) resources and environments.
Petascale computing is more complex than previous computing paradigms. New approaches for teaching and learning are required, and no single educational institution has the expertise and experience needed to fully exploit this extraordinary capability.
Preparation for petascale computing requires solid grounding in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), HPC and HPC-related curricula. As a community, we must address the engagement of a larger and more diverse workforce to broaden participation and to ensure that CSE education keeps pace with the evolution of science and technology. We will leverage faculty expertise to establish best practices, identify and fill gaps, and modernize the CSE curriculum across all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
The goal of the materials development effort is to support undergraduate faculty in preparing a diverse community of students for petascale computing. This program seeks compelling examples in STEM fields, from desktop to petascale incorporating that address:
The materials development effort will be conducted in partnership with Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD), a Pathways portal of National Science Digital Library (NSDL), and HPC University, to broadly disseminate the materials through these digital libraries. All materials will be subject to a formal VVA review before being published.
http://www.computationalscience.org/upepOpen Education Cup Competition for High Performance Computing -- Introduced at the SC08 convention, the Open Education Cup is awarding $500 cash prizes for the best Connexions modules in the area of High Performance Computing (HPC). Awards will be granted in each of the following categories:
In addition to offering cash prizes, organizers will combine the best entries into a Connexions collection (textbook) that will be available through Connexions for anybody to use, update, translate, adapt, and customize. In a field where textbooks are often costly and quickly become out of date, this textbook will offer a free alternative that can be updated in real-time as the state of the art changes and provide students and educators powerful, relevant resources produced by those with a vested interest in promoting the free, open exchange of information.
The Open Education Cup was created to promote awareness of and generate interest in creating Open Educational Resources (OER) in the area of HPC in the hopes that this effort will help the HPC community recognize and embrace the opportunities that OER represent for accelerating workforce development. Effective use of OER can enable educators, instructors and learners to access a rich set of free online teaching and learning materials, eliminating many barriers to providing affordable high-quality HPC education and training programs.
To learn more about the Open Education Cup competition, visit the contest website at http://openeducationcup.org