JEM Publications

Tools for eLearning (in mathematics)

Eixarch, Ramon — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:51:26 +0300

Description of the available and needed tools to implement eLearning in the mathematics area.

Using Word 2007’s New Math Facilities

Caprotti, Olga — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:53:34 +0300

Word 2007 has a new math editing and display facility that has high typographic quality and streamlined input. This tutorial describes the math facility and explains how to input mathematical text with a keyboard, context menus, and the math ribbon. Keyboard input uses a linear format that is more like a real math notation than TeX, and borrows from [La]TeX when more mathematical notation is not obvious. Demonstrations will be given revealing how formula autobuildup together with WYSIWYG editing simplify and streamline equation entry.

Technology in Mathematics Education

Caprotti, Olga — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:40:16 +0300

The presentation will discuss proper use of technology to improve mathematics education in general and to make the delivery of education affordable. The introduction of calculators in high schools have had an adverse effect in mathematics education. What should be done now?

JEM: a network for mathematics educators

Caprotti, Olga — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:25:47 +0300

The presentation introduces the thematic network JEM and its activities. The network social community blends the expertise of developers, authors and of mathematics teachers. The presentation will discuss the web2.0 tools adopted in JEM and how they can be best employed to allow communication within this community.

Java Simulation Laboratories in Mathematics e-Learning

Costa, Antonio F. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:00:15 +0300

Our aim is to design and build several simulations in the EJS (Easy Java Simulation) environement. With such simultions the student is able to observe mathematical objects and properties that are important for their academic formation.

Mathematical e-learning at the Spanish Universities

Huertas, Maria Antonia — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:44:36 +0300

Spanish founded project "Math-E-leaning", an study of the educational technologies and ICT used in teaching and learning mathematics at the Spanish Universities

Mathematical e-learning: state of the art and experiences at the Open University of Catalonia

Huertas, Maria Antonia — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:28:15 +0300

In this article we present a review of the state of the art in mathematical e-learning and some personal experiences on this area developed during the last eleven years at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), a completely online university located in Spain. The article discusses important aspects related to online mathematics courses offered in higher education programs, including: benefits and challenges, universities offering this type of education, methodological considerations, emergent technologies, learning projects and environments, etc.

MathDox Workshop

Cuypers, Hans — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:37:56 +0300

The MathDox format is an XML based language for interactive mathematical documents. MathDox documents can be transformed into web pages by the MathDox Player. These web pages are dynamic and interactive, support rendering of mathematics, offer easy access to computer algebra systems, and are equipped with a convenient mathematical input system making it for the user possible to create mathematical input in the semantically rich OpenMath language.

Experiences in Using Interactive Web-based Exercises

Pauna, Matti — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:38:47 +0300

Web-based automatically graded exercises are presented and their various uses in education. For example for formative testing, practicing and gradebook. Also feedback from students that used the system is discussed. Finally a couple of case studies about results and benefits of using the system are presented.

The presentation is in Finnish.

Online Proceedings of the 2nd SCooP Workshop

Mueller, Christine — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:45:02 +0300

I am glad to announce that the Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Scientific Communities of Practice are online now.

The workshop raised a lot of interesting discussion on scientific tools and methods that potentially can support the scientific community, in particular, the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics disciplines.