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Event summaries are presented here. Links give more detail, and may include a registration request.
Some dates to keep in mind: Feb. 23-24, Thursday-Friday, Math/Eng. reading days.
The Adult Learner.
Presented by Pam Tate, President and CEO, Council for Adult and
Experiential Learning (CAEL).
This is an ELI (EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative) Web Seminar.
Monday, February 6, 2006, 1-2pm
Location: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Registration requested at: http://lt3.uwaterloo.ca/events/
Careers in Math and CS
Sponsored by the Women in Mathematics Committee
Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 4:30 pm
Location: DC 1302
All Students Welcome! Refreshments!
Meet graduates of the Faculty who will speak about their careers and
studies in Math and CS. Speakers Include:
Karen Cartmell, BMath'83 Math/Business
Manager, Group Renewals, Equitable Life Ins. Co. Canada
Mary Cavanagh, BMath'93 ActSci/Stat
Actuarial Associate, Manulife Financial
Jennifer Lhotak, BMath'01 CS
Research Assistant/Masters Candidate, McGill University
Vivian Ng, BMath'05
Software Test Specialist, RIM
Critical Thinking workshop
Presented by TRACE (www.trace.uwaterloo.ca).
Thursday, February 16, 2006, 12-1:30 pm
Location: EIT 1015
Registration requested.
Critical thinking is a high priority outcome of higher education - yet,
what does it mean? It is an abstract concept that is often vaguely
defined and therefore difficult to convey to out students. Depending on
discipline and context, the interpretation of what constitutes critical
thinking can be quite diverse. Furthermore, how can we as educators
promote and assess critical thinking skills?
In this workshop we will explore the concept of critical thinking from
a teaching perspective and what we can do to promote critical thinking
skills in our classrooms. We will also discuss approaches for
assessing students. critical thinking progress and thus gauge the
success of our teaching approaches.
Loving to Learn Day
The University of Waterloo teems with thousands of people who are here
because they love to learn. To celebrate this passion, the Office of
Learning Resources and Innovation under the leadership of its
vice-president Gail Cuthbert Brandt, is pleased to promote February
14th as "Loving to Learn Day."
This year, the key component of Loving to Learn Day will be a
collection of comments and musings submitted by faculty, students, and
staff about their own love affair with learning. We invite you,
therefore, to share your thoughts using the link above.
Don't delay, though, as comments will need to be submitted before
February 12th, so that they can collected, collated, and published on
February 14th. The most engaging response submitted by a
faculty member, by a student, and by a staff member will each receive a
book prize.
Participation deadline Sunday, February 12, 2006.
Web Tutorial Generator Development (Innovation Project)
Presented by Dr. Joseph Sanderson of the UW Physics Dept.
Thursday, February 23, 2006, 3-4pm
Location: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Dr. Joe Sanderson will discuss the design, construction and operation
of a web tutorial generator; its implementation in PHYS 111 in the fall
of 2005 and the learning impact study conducted as a result. If
opportunity permits he will also discuss preliminary results. Joe
Sanderson is a member of the Teaching Based Research Group, and his
presentation is co-hosted by the T-BRG.
Presidents' Colloquium on Teaching and Learning
The 55 minute colloquium is now available online at the above link
as a Windows Media Format video file (100 MB) and audio file (10 MB).
Presidents' Colloquium on Teaching and Learning
Taking Stock of What Matters to Student Success
in University: Lessons for Waterloo
George Kuh, Professor and Director of the Center for Postsecondary
Research at Indiana University (www.iub.edu/).
Tuesday, January 17, 4-5:15 pm in the Humanities Theatre.
General seating - no registration required.
Hosted by Professor David Johnston, President of the University of
Waterloo and Professor Roydon Fraser, President of the UW Faculty
Association.
Open Classroom Series - Winter 2006.
Professors "Open their Classrooms" to Colleagues to show
how they engage students in large lectures.
The first lecture and discussion by Professor Lyndon Jones
in January was excellent, both informative and lively.
Pre- and post-observation times to be determined.
Register by emailing Verna Keller at vkeller@admmail.uwaterloo.ca.
Also, see the write up on page 6 in the January 2006 issue of the
TRACE Newsletter.
Course: HIST 220 - The Vietnam War and American Society
Professor Andrew Hunt, History Department
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
1:30-2:50 pm
Course: ENV S 178 - Introduction to Environmental Research Methods
Professor Jean Andrey, Geography Department
Monday, March 20, 2006
1:30-2:30 pm
Course: OPT 155 - External Eye Disease
Professor Lyndon Jones, School of Optometry
Thursday, January 19, 2006
9:30-10:20 am
No UW-ACE courses are being given by IST in February. If you were looking forward to learning more about the quiz system, gradebook, teams building and collaboration or other features please contact Paul Kates pkates@uwaterloo.ca. IST will be back with courses in March.
A TEACHER'S DOZEN. Fourteen General, Research-Based Principles for Improving Higher Learning in Our Classrooms by Thomas Anthony Angelo.
Transforming Course Management Systems into Effective Learning Environments by Colleen Carmean and Jeremy Haefner.
Maple Conference 2006 takes place July 23-26 at Wilfred Laurier University. The preliminary call for papers deadline is February 28th, with full paper due March 17th.
Keynote speakers include
Dr. Frangois Cellier, President, Society for Computer Simulation
Dr. Carl Cowan, President, Mathematical Association of America
Dr. Richard Bartels, UW CS professor (now retired),
Renowned authority on Computer Graphics
3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, June 30-July 5, 2006.
Submission information:
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: By March 15, 2006
Abstracts are between 300 and 500 words, in plain text.
Deadline for full paper submission: April 1, 2006
Paper Review Decisions: May 15, 2006
Conference themes for presentations:
* Educational Research: Results of current (unpublished) research in
mathematics education, and assessment of student learning.
* Technology/ Technology based Educational Systems: Effective integration
of computer technology (Calculators, Computer Algebra Systems,
WWW resources) into the undergraduate curriculum.
* Innovative Teaching Formats: Innovative ways of teaching undergraduate
mathematics courses: cooperative and collaborative teaching and
learning styles.
* Distance Learning: Distance Learning Technologies for teaching and
learning mathematics. Current software/hardware delivery media.
Visions for the future.
* Specific Courses: Reform efforts in specific mathematics courses and
assessment results.
* Other Disciplines: The effects of changes in the teaching of mathematics
courses in other disciplines (needs of client disciplines;
interdisciplinary courses).
An Innovative Approach to Post-Calculus Classical Applied Math
Robert J. Lopez
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (retired), Maplesoft
(Note: To view the paper you may be asked to register at Maplesoft.com.
If you wish, I can send a copy of the paper instead. Please send
your request to pkates@uwaterloo.ca.)
From the introduction of the paper:
Post-calculus classical applied math is scattered through courses in
differential equations, boundary value problems, vector calculus,
matrix algebra, complex variables, and numerical methods. Most of this
material can be found in texts entitled Advanced Engineering
Mathematics. The mathematics in such texts is truly classical, having
been available in its present format for many years, if not centuries.
The apprenticeship for working in the field of classical applied
mathematics is long and arduous because the apprentice must master
material from so many different disciplines.
Twenty-first century software allows this apprenticeship to be both
shorter and more effective. Modern computer algebra systems can be the
tool of first-recourse for teaching, learning, and doing such
applicable mathematics. Software tools such as Maple, Mathematica,
MuPAD, and Macsyma implement nearly all the manipulations of the
undergraduate program in applied and engineering mathematics. The time
has come to use these twenty-first century tools for teaching
eighteenth and nineteenth century mathematics.
A complete post-calculus applied math curriculum in which a computer
algebra system is the primary working tool appears in [1]. In this text
the software is not just an add-on to a traditional by-hands pedagogy.
Instead, the software is used as an active partner in the student.s
participation in applied mathematics.
We give two examples taken from [1], examples that show how use of a
computer algebra system enhances pedagogy. The purpose is not to tout a
particular book, but instead, to call attention to the concept that a
computer algebra system can, and should, be the working tool for
teaching, learning, and doing classical applied math. So, rather than
talk about this approach, we give two examples and let readers judge
for themselves the viability of a curriculum predicated on the
ubiquitous use of modern software tools.
Maplesoft.com has many online seminars available.
An Introduction to Maple 10 (42 min)
Introduction to the Maplet Builder (7 min)
Advanced Engineering Applications with Maple (50 min)
Clickable Calculus (54 min)
Click Here to Download the Associated Maple Worksheet for this Seminar
Maple T.A. Demonstration for Instructors (24 min)
Maple T.A. Demonstration for Students (13 min)
Maple T.A. for Blackboard. Software Demo (8 min)
Syntax-Free Computations in Maple 10 (65 min)
Control System Development Using System Identification (43 min)
Technical Solution Deployment Using MapleNet 10 (34 min)
Introduction To Global Optimization Toolbox For Maple (61 min)
Maple in the High School Classroom (10 min)
Modeling Multi-body Mechanical Systems With DynaFlex Pro (65 min)
Implementing Technology in the Modern Math Curriculum (60 min)
Many mathematics lessons are also available using Maple.
Algebra (44) Calculus I (102)
Calculus II (59) Calculus III (23)
Case Studies (4) Complex Analysis (67)
DE's (89) Economics (20)
Elementary School (9) Engineering (68)
Geometry (32) Linear Algebra (22)
Maple TA (5) MapleNet (2)
Maplets (4) Numerical Analysis (15)
Operations Research (1) Physics (88)
Precalculus (42) Quantum Mechanics (19)
Real Analysis (20) Statistics (36)
Trigonometry (4) Vector Calculus (99)
MapleTA is an online assignment and quiz system backed by the Maple
mathematics engine that allows questions to be graded using
Maple to match and evaluate student answers.
Many different question types are available including questions
generated by formula for random assignment to students (students don't
see the same questions, but the form is the same). Questions can make
use of physical units and error bounds. Maple graphs can be included
in questions for display or for interaction with the student e.g.
selecting an area of the graph or plotting points on a curve.
See http://maplesoft.com/products/mapleta/types.aspx.
MapleTA is available at UW on a trial basis. Please contact me
if you wish more information about using MapleTA at UW.
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Please contact me if you would like further information. Paul Kates, Mathematics Faculty LT3 Liaison, pkates@uwaterloo.ca, x7047
This page is located at www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~pkates/LT3/events.
More information about the services of the Centre for Learning and Teaching through Technology - LT3 is available at lt3.uwaterloo.ca/.
(1) More information about learning and teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, plus a description of the services I provide as Mathematics Faculty LT3 Liaison is available here.