Bringing Coding to the Geoscience Classroom - virtual workshop - January 13-14

[Rory McFadden]

Hello Everyone, 

Are you interested in incorporating computation into your undergraduate classroom?
Do you wish you had tools and strategies to help your students develop their computational skills?

Virtual Workshop: Bringing Coding the Geoscience Classroom
Tuesday – Wednesday, January 13-14, 2026
Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm EST / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm CST / 9:00 am – 2:00 pm MST / 8:00 am – 1:00 pm PST (includes breaks during sessions)

Application deadline is December 1, 2025

Computational skills and tools are increasingly important in the workforce and provide a powerful mechanism to explore large datasets. To prepare students for this need, it is crucial instructors integrate activities that introduce students to these tools, increasing their familiarity with tools and building their computational and quantitative skills over the course of their academic career. This workshop is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate Python and open-source workflows into their undergraduate geoscience curricula, providing practical experience in building classroom activities and leveraging real-world data to develop students' twenty-first-century skills.

Participants will discuss opportunities and challenges of teaching computation using Python, learn how to access and use basic Python and computing tools, work through example activities with geologic applications, and work toward developing an activity for classroom use.

Audience: Primarily current undergraduate instructors. Community college and introductory-level instructors, as well as majors-level instructors are all encouraged to apply.

Cost: The workshop is free to attend.

Regards

Joanmarie Del Vecchio – William & Mary
Rory McFadden – SERC at Carleton College