Semester 1, Activity Report ISN
For the preparation of Outreach and application of Math-e-Calculus tools and Markup Languages in Physics and adjacent math-using learned fields first steps have been done to prepare existing services such as PhysNet, physik-multimedial, and ENGINE for distributing JEM math-tools.
Preparation of tools to be used within JEM In the last year the development of two projects of the ISN, "physik multimedial" and "ENGINe" were relevant and interrelated to JEM.
The project physik multimedial offers elearning material and services for teachers and lecturers. Here we are rewriting "LiLi - Links to elearning material in physics". This catalogue and search engine offers already existing learning object, widespread in the internet, to learners and lectures in physics. Rewriting this service shall improve the interoperability with other services,especialy distributors of services, JEM, by importing and exporting metadata in a more effective way. So we can retrieve JEM material, which is open for the public, more easily, and material which is relevant to JEM can be found more easily as well.
ENGINe is the second project of the ISN which is relevant for JEM. http://www.isn-oldenburg.de/projects/engine/index.php Here we are developing a tool for authors of elearning objects. We found, that often developers of elearning objects are experts of what they do, but sometimes a bit isolated. Our authoring tool shall bring these authors together by offering a peer service, which facilitates the contact and communication between authors. We hope that JEM authors are going to make use of this service.
Organisation of Ourtreach Within the JEM-Server we have started an e-Handbook on the outreach of intelligent mathematical tools for elearning mathematics in applied fields such as physics and/or engineering.
Active Participation in the first JEM Workshop We participated actively in the first JEM Workshop on e+calculus at Lisbon. The many contacts found and ansatzes learnt, especially for solving exercises using math-tools will be integrated into the physnet and physik-multimedial tools we operate.
Semantic markup Together with the IU-Bremen we are working on the development of a Physics MarkUp language and its encoding in OmDoc.

