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for Lunch Seminar on NetMath events the year of Monday, July 16, 2012.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Lunch Seminar on NetMath
12:05 pm   in 102 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Debra Woods   [email] (Mathematics/Urbana)
History and Vision of NetMath
Abstract: NetMath is the distance education program of the Mathematics Department of the University of Illinois (Urbana). Its mission is to extend the high quality curriculum of the Mathematics Department at the University of Illinois to students worldwide. Combining innovative pedagogy with tools tailored to our course offerings, NetMath delivers flexible courses that engage students to learn according to their own schedule and learning style. Conceived by Jerry Uhl, Bill Davis and Horatio Porta, the founders of the Calculus and Mathematica Program, NetMath has grown from a few dozen students to over a thousand annually in the two decades of its existence. NetMath’s vision is to become the premier university program for all students seeking online math instruction worldwide, continuing to set a high standard for online education, and serving as a center for knowledge exchange and springboard for developing and testing innovative learning technology.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Lunch Seminar on NetMath
12:05 pm   in 102 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Bruce Carpenter   [email] (Mathematics/Urbana)
The Pedagogy of NetMath
Abstract: The NetMath online instructional model attempts to integrate three things: courseware designed to help students learn mathematics by dynamic exploration and visualization, the incorporation of a computer algebra system for students to perform calculations and write full explanations of their solution process, and a learning management system to streamline administration of the course and promote communication between students, instructors, and mentors. We will discuss each of these in detail by presenting the current system and its challenges as well as surveying possible innovations to improve instruction.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Lunch Seminar on NetMath
12:05 pm   in 102 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Pat Szuta   [email] (Mathematics/Urbana)
IT Innovations in Online Math Development and Instruction
Abstract: The University of Illinois has a long history of creating tools for effectively instructing mathematics online. These home-grown systems are often necessary because mathematics rarely fits into industry standards of online instruction. We will discuss how many of the challenges of teaching math online are rooted in technology, and what is currently being done to solve them.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lunch Seminar on NetMath
12:05 pm   in 102 Altgeld Hall,  Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Gloriana Gonzalez   [email] (Curriculum & Instruction, Urbana)
Resources for Building a Collective Memory in the Online Geometry Course
Abstract: The talk examines components in the design of the online geometry course that support students' remembering of geometric concepts and procedures. These components include the recording of class discussions of proofs. The talk examines how the use of these novel and interactive resources could enable students to navigate through the online materials differently than when working with a textbook in a traditional face-to-face course. I will argue that these components help to create a collective memory of students' experiences course and of the mathematical knowledge that they are supposed to learn in the online geometry course.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Lunch Seminar on NetMath
12:00 pm   in 102 Altgeld Hall (Illinois Geometry Lab),  Thursday, April 5, 2012
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George Francis   [email] (Mathematics, Urbana)
On a Suite of Tools for Online Geometry Courses.
Abstract: Absent any single adequate tool for implementing even the most essential online equivalents to standard classroom methods in teaching geometry, my students and I cobbled together a suite of minimally functional tools enabling a now four year old pedagogical experiment. In this presentation I will develop an "axiomatic" wish list of what one needs for an online geometry course. I will illustrate it using the custom tools when possible, and wave my hands when there are none.