Learn to Create Models of
Dynamic Systems
If you are interested in teaching your students to build simulation models of dynamic feedback systems please read on.
Three online courses will be offered this summer starting June 12, 2017 and lasting 10 weeks. The courses are asynchronous, have many instructional videos, and contain many lessons and models for you and your students. The modeling method uses the stock/flow design of System Dynamics (SD). 3 Continuing Education Graduate Credits are available for each course through Portland State University. The online 3-course sequence offers a gentle introduction to the modeling of complex systems.
The courses are:
Course 1: Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling for Math and Science Instructors: Basic Models
This is a course for instructors
who have no background in System Dynamics.
It is intended as a transition course to help participants learn how to
use the Stella software to build SD models with consistent units and identify
feedback.
Prerequisite and details: www.ccmodelingsystems.com/news-1.html.
Course 2: Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling for Math and Science Instructors: More Advanced Models
This course helps participants
design models containing non-linear dynamics.
It builds the foundation for modeling complex systems.
Prerequisite and details:
www.ccmodelingsystems.com/news-2.html.
Course 3: Modeling
Dynamic Systems: A Different Way to Think:
Building Original Models from the News
This course helps participants
design original models from a description of a dynamic problem that is
presented in the news (or other source).
Prerequisite and details:
www.ccmodelingsystems.com/news-3.html.
Inquiries and additional questions should be directed to
Diana M. Fisher,