European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics

Daniela VelichováDepartment of Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering FacultySlovak University of Technology

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics

European project within the Leonardo da Vinci scheme coordinator – Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republicpartners – 6 universities from the European countries (BG, CZ, ES, HU, IE, UK)– 2 educational non-governmental organisations (SK, FI)

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - partners

University of Plovdiv, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgaria University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Plzeň, Czech Republic Miskolc University in Hungary University of Limerick, Ireland University of Salamanca, Spain Faculty of Informatics and Computing, Coventry University, United Kingdom http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk Tullossilta, FinlandSlovak Society for Geometry and Graphics, SR

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - reasons

declining level of mathematical knowledge among secondary school graduates

decreasing numbers of students at hard sciences and technical study programmes

unsatisfactory study results and success rates in the first years of university studies

traditional ways of teaching mathematical subjects, including geometry

general trends all over the world

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - needs

to upgrade the overall level of mathematical knowledgeto promote new methods in teaching Mathematics, as e-learning and blended solutions (PC + consultations)to improve the quality of and free access to training materials for mathematical subjects at many different forms – consultations on-line, web-based learning support, interactive calculations, database of e-learning materials

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - objectives

improving the understanding of mathematics for a wide range of students

improving the skills and competencies of teachers and trainers in utilising e-learning resources for mathematical education

supporting the process of innovation in mathematical education through blended solutions

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - aims

to provide a consultancy service in Maths on all levels and in both electronic or personal form

to promote e-learning in Maths

to help teachers and trainers in developing and authorship of their own electronic learning materials

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics – basic ideas

To foster trans-national cooperation within the common framework of EVLM PortalTo form network of National Centres of Mathematics located at the partner institutions To create platform for dissemination of relevant information To maintain virtual database for sharing all available resources To provide training on how to develop and use quality electronic learning materials in Maths (including Geometry)

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics – target groups

students from secondary school up to PhD. students secondary school teachers, trainers, university lecturers, researchers or scientists any interested party from the non-academic sphere, from the industry, research and development any training organisations, schools and universities providing continuous education and distance learning or life-long learning private individuals and home self-learners

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - outcomes

official EVLM Portal serving as a common virtual communication and working environment National Centres of Mathematics promoting new advanced e-learning methods for education of Mathsdissemination of information about available educational sources virtual database of resources dealing with mathematical topics expert consultancy on special mathematical topics

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - impact

to introduce a change into the education of mathematics

to raise the awarness about the existence of new training methods and enhance competencies of educators, teachers and tutors

to enhance the role of mathematics in the general education

to stress the importance of mathematics as a scientific field

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - cooperation

on institutional level - through the National Centres of Mathematics at universities in national languageson national level – through the National Portals in different countries in national languages and in English (partners)on trans-national level - through the EVLM Portal in English (coordinator)

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - expectations

innovation of teaching Maths using new ways, sharing and utilising existing and newly created educational materials

blended solution – usage of different educational forms, tools and materials to enhance synergetic effect

dissemination of information on available resources in printed or electronic form in virtual database

free acces to e-learning educational modules and materials on Internet

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - expectations

improvement in Maths understanding fostered by providing shared consultancy for any theoretical or practical request better image of Mathematics in the society - raised interest and increased importance platform for cooperation of different target groups from different countries within virtual framework of networking partner organisations in the European research area

European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - invitation

Any interested party is invited to join the project in a long-term perspective Links to your e-learning portals and databases of freely accessible e-learning materials can be included at the EVLM central portalWe kindly ask you to disseminate information about to EVLM Central portal and insert links to the address above at your web-pages

evlm.stuba.sk www.evlm.stuba.sk