SWiM, the Semantic Wiki for Mathematical Knowledge Management, is now being used for the revision of the OpenMath 3 Content Dictionaries. The wiki at wiki.openmath.org contains the latest draft versions of these content dictionaries. Anybody can browse and discuss. The OpenMath 3 developers can also edit. This paper explains how the system works.

Detailed description of the ongoing case study

In our e-learning studies many times happen that students do not know how to pronounce a formulae.
It has been developed a verbalization tool to show how a mathematical formula is readen.

It allow e-estudents to know how to read a formula and to gain confidence when they study. It is important to know that we looked for something easy to use, and something that is present only if student needs it, in order to not disturbe.

You can tested the tool in:

http://cimanet.uoc.edu/cursMates0/IniciacionMatematicas/s1/1_1_1.html
It can be found in catalan as well as in spanish.

JEM website was down due to a service crash on the webserver, the downtime started around 10:00PM CET on June 2nd, 2008 and ended around 09:00 AM CET on June 3rd, 2008.

The website should now be running smoothly, we will investigate further on the cause of the crash.

Please report any problems on the website.

A meeting entitled The Future of Mathematics Education in Europe will take place in Lisbon, December 16 - 18. The meeting is a part of the activities related to the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union.

The online course on Single Variable Calculus, delivered by Mika Seppälä at the University of Helsinki, using materials developed during the WebALT eContent project has been awarded the Rector's prize for best use of technology in education at the University of Helsinki. The celebration took place in Helsinki on 28 November 2007.

Gosh!

This has sparked a random thought: If answering a mathematics question is used as this test then we have a couple of tricky issues to resolve.

(1) a CAS is often much more accurate than a person with a complex "symbol-pushing" calculation.

So, what happens if the computer incorporates a CAS as an attempt to fool this test?

(2) people are nororiously poor at basic logical reasoning. Have a look at the "Wasson Selection test" as a prime example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wason_selection_task

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