ICME 11 Workshop

eLearning MathematicsJuly 9, 20085 pm Building A, Room C201

This workshop offers an opportunity to get an overview of the current methods, content and services for online teaching of mathematics at the high school and at the undergraduate university levels in Europe. This event is organized as an activity of the JEM Network (Joining Educational Mathematics, eContentPlus Thematic Network).

JEM: a network for mathematics educators

Dr. Caprotti 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.Department of

Mathematics and Statistics

University of Helsinki

olga.caprotti@helsinki.fi

JEM Thematic Networkhttp://www.jem-thematic.net

Goal: to pool together the required

expertise and to contribute to

content enrichment activities

maintenance of agreed standards

delivery of powerful! synoptic! high"

quality user information and support

pages

JEMJoining Educational Mathematics

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Helsingin Yliopisto

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Technical University of Eindhoven

Jacobs University

Universiteit van Amsterdam,

AMSTEL Institute

University of Birmingham

FernUniversität Hagen

Maths for More

NAG Ltd

ISN Oldenburg GmbH

RWTH Aachen University

Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Universidade de Lisboa

Buskerud University College

NTNU, Trondheim University

Chalmers University of Technology

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

European Mathematical Society

Liguori Editore

JEM Nodes

JEM-Joining Educational Mathematics ECP-2005-EDU-038208

eContentPlus EU programme

4-year programme (2005–08), budget of ! 149 million, tackle organizational barriers and promote take up of leading-edge technical solutions to improve accessibility and usability of digital material in a multilingual environment

Funded projects

InterGeo (GeoGebra, Cinderella, ...)

@Science (accessible science)

ICT EU Call 3

The EU Member States have earmarked a total of ! 9.1 billions for funding ICT over the duration of FP7; making it the largest research theme in the Cooperation programme, which is itself the largest specific programme of FP7 (with 64% of the total budget).

50! M (/265! M) for digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning

http://www.jem-thematic.net

JEM CommunityTechnology developers

software descriptions

developers wiki

Authors of eContent

learning objects repository

authors wiki

End-users of eContent

case studies

users wiki

JEM Web2.0

Web2.0 tools

Blogs

Folksonomies (tags)

User-generated content (news, reviews, discussions)

RSS aggregation & feeds

Wiki

Bloggging: Mika’s Blog

Tag your interest

JEM Events

Meetings, seminars

New and Emerging Technologies Seminars

Math Education in 2017, Aug2006

SL and assessment, Aug2007

Scientific Communities of Practice, Aug2007, June2008

MathML3 - OpenMath 3 Alignment

OpenMath Workshop, Jul2007

OpenMath Session, Feb2008

ICME 11 Workshop

eLearning MathematicsJuly 9, 20085 pm Building A, Room C201

This workshop offers an opportunity to get an overview of the current methods, content and services for online teaching of mathematics at the high school and at the undergraduate university levels in Europe. This event is organized as an activity of the JEM Network (Joining Educational Mathematics, eContentPlus Thematic Network).

WIRIS: tools and projects for math elearningMr. Eixarch presents the WIRIS suite of tools for doing mathematics online by Maths for More. Special attention is devoted to improving the virtual learning environment Moodle for teachers and students of mathematics with online calculations, formula editors and virtual laboratories.

Technology in Mathematics EducationDr. Seppälä 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?

WIRIS: tools and projects for math elearningRamon Eixarch presents the WIRIS suite of tools for doing mathematics online. Special attention is devoted to improving the virtual learning environment Moodle for teachers and students of mathematics.

WIRIS: tools and projects for math elearningRamon Eixarch presents the WIRIS suite of tools for doing mathematics online. Special attention is devoted to improving the virtual learning environment Moodle for teachers and students of mathematics.

Theorema: Computer technology for provingDr. Windsteiger will present the Theorema system for assisting the mathematician in the process of conjecturing, defining and proving assertions about mathematical concepts. He will discuss issues and difficulties of introducing interactive proving in the classroom.

Join the JEM Communityand

visit our boothhttp://www.jem-thematic.net

JEM Training Day, with 4th MathML and Scientific eContentTrondheim, Norway, September 11 - 13, 2008