Porthania Building, Lecture Hall IV Yliopistonkatu 3 University of Helsinki August 17-18, 2007 SLurl: EdTech(68,62,39)

An informal envisioning JEM seminar, along the lines of last year's Math Education in 2016, will take place in Helsinki, at the Porthania Building, Lecture Hall IV. It is organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics just before the Lars Ahlfors centennial celebration. Part of the meeting will also be organized as an event in Second Life.

Preliminary Program

Friday, August 17, 2007

9:45 - 10:00 Mika Seppälä Opening of the Workshop - Beginner's View of Second Life

10:00 - 11:00 Lisa Dawley (keynote) Emerging Territories in Second Life

11:30 - 12:00 Anders Sanne Norwegian online undergraduate mathematics initiative DELTA

14:00 - 14:45 Don Allen (keynote) Technology in Math Education at Texas A&M University

15:00 - 16:00 Panel Discussion Panelists: M. Seppälä (chair), D. Allen, L. Dawley, S. Xambó, Chen Min, S. Weck-Schwarz Panel Discussion will take place in the lecture hall P657 (6th floor of the Porthania building)

Saturday, August 18, 2007

9:30 - 10:00 Matti Pauna Assessment in Math Education

10:30 - 11:45 Friedhelm Schwarz and Sibylle Weck-Schwarz (keynote) More than just a Grade: Formative Assessment with MapleTA and AIM

14:00 - 14:30 Olga Caprotti Treasure Hunts and Educational Games

14:30 - 15:00 Sebastian Xambó Diagnostic entrance profiles at UPC

15:00 - 15:30 Marja-Leena Viljanen Using web-based formative tests in Secondary School Mathematics

Invited Keynote Speakers

Prof. Don Allen, Director of Technology Assisted Instruction, Texas A&M University

Prof. Lisa Dawley is the Chair of the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University (Idaho, USA) and a pioneer in the use of virtual realities, such as the Second Life, in education. She has set up the EDTECH Island in SL and taken an active leading role in enhancing online learning with virtual realities.

Prof. Friedhelm Schwarz and Dr. Sibylle Weck-Schwarz are pioneers in using assessment in mathematics education. They have authored high quality assessment materials for use with a variety of assessment systems. Both of them teach mathematics at the University of Toledo (Ohio, USA) and have used technology in their teaching for more than 10 years.

Call for Contributions

Contributions are invited for envisioning how new and emerging technologies can impact mathematics education in general and e-learning in mathematics in particular. To submit a paper, send email to Olga Caprotti.

Topics of Interest

New and emerging technologies that might have substantial impact on the way mathematics is taught and perceived by students will the focus of the meeting. In particular, but not exclusively, the following technologies are of interest:

• Assessment systems
• Virtual worlds and realities
• Web 2.0 technologies
• Mathematical blogging, PlanetMath and wikis

How to participate

If you wish to attend register/login and signup up on this page. The registration fee for the seminar is 0 EUR. If you wish to submit a 20 minute contributed talk, send your abstract by email to Olga Caprotti. Deadline: 10 August 2007

From the Airport to the Center of Helsinki

The conference venue, the Porthania Building, is in the center of Helsinki, and most participants will stay at Hotel Helsinki next to the conference venue. To get to the center of Helsinki from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport one may:

• take the Finnair bus to the City Terminal (timetable), cost EUR 5.20/person
• take an airport taxi (a shuttle bus), cost EUR 22/person
• take an ordinary taxi (cost about EUR 35)

Accomodation

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sokos Hotel Helsinki until August 2, 2007. Single room: 167 EUR/night.

To reserve a room, send email to sokos.hotel@sok.fi telling them that you want to reserve a room at the WebALT Block pre-reserved at the Hotel Helsinki. You may also reach the reservation desk of Sokos Hotels by telephone at +358 201234600. The pre-reserved block of rooms expires on August 2.

Hotels in Helsinki are practically fully booked in August. That contributes to the high price. You will be able to find individual rooms for better prices at hotels in the center of Helsinki by contacting the hotels directly. Practically no other hotel, than Hotel Helsinki, was able to offer to us a block of rooms. Hotel Helsinki is also very conveniently located next to the Seminar venue.