Plymouth State College and the Northeastern Section of the MAA (NES/MAA) Present the Short Course Integrating the Web Into Mathematics Instruction June 23 - 27, 2002

The World Wide Web has significantly changed the landscape of graduate and undergraduate education. Student access to the Internet makes distance-learning modules a preferred method of instruction for some students and faculty. Mathematics is one discipline that has lagged behind this trend in education. The development of meaningful mathematical modules is critical to distributing mathematics education over the Web.

This short course will demonstrate websites that have been successfully delivered a variety of mathematical topics from typical undergraduate PreCalculus and Calculus courses.The course will introduce the software and techniques used to develop the demonstrated sites, such as Mathematica©, MathType©, FrontPage©, Adobe Acrobat Writer©,and JavaScript©.Several sessions will provide participants an opportunity to develop proficiency in using these tools. By the end of the four-day course participants will be able to develop Web pages for presenting mathematics over the World Wide Web.Participants will also be introduced to online assessment.

The course is designed to accommodate participants of all skill levels.However, only familiarity with use of computers is necessary for participation.High School mathematics educators through post-graduate with an interest in mathematics education on the Web should find this course useful.
 
 

Explore the following links to see some pages created using the techniques to be covered in the Short Course:

 Cathy Frey is a professor of Mathematics at Norwich University in Northfield, VT.  She has recently been appointed to Chair the Department of Mathematics.  Cathy has been teaching at Norwich University since 1985. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont (1983) and masters degree from the University of Vermont (1985).Her areas of expertise are Actuarial Science and presenting mathematics over the World Wide Web.She has accumulated 175 of 200 credits necessary for Associateship in the Society of Actuaries.She has developed several web based instructional modules on a variety of topics covered in undergraduate Mathematics courses.At the Joint National Mathematical Meetings in New Orleans this past January, Cathy presented her Taylor Polynomials Web Site at the contributed paper session entitled "Projects and Classroom Demonstrations that Make a Difference."At the Association for Vermont Independent Colleges Faculty and Staff Retreat in November of 2000 Cathy led the workshop entitled“Current AVIC Examples of Web-based Instruction”.She led a workshop entitled "Web Development Workshop" at the June 2001 meeting of the Northeast Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.She presented a paper on "Using JavaScript© and Mathematica© to Create Animated Web Pages" at the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics conference in Baltimore in November, 2001.Professor Frey and LaVarnway will be presented their paper "Developing Effective Course Web Pages for Undergraduate Mathematics Courses For Non-Majors" at the Joint National Mathematics meetings in San Diego in January 2002.

Gerard LaVarnway is professor of Mathematics at Norwich University in Northfield, VT where he has taught mathematics since 1983. He received a bachelor’s degree from Norwich University (1978) and masters degree (1983) and a Ph.D. (1999) from the University of Vermont. Gerard has received 8 U.S. Navy – American Society for Engineering Education Summer Faculty Research Fellowships pursuing research in the area of classification algorithms for identification of radar and remote tracking of ships at sea. He currently is collaborating with Cathy Frey in applying a classification algorithm to improve college and university retention. Gerard has been involved in the use of technology in teaching mathematics in a variety of course at the undergraduate level. 

 Rob Poodiack earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University (1988), a master's degree from Western Connecticut State University (1994, under Ed Sandifer) and a doctorate from the University of Vermont (1999). He is an assistant professor in the Mathematics Department at Norwich University.He has taught a variety of courses from Algebra and Pre-Calculus to Discrete Mathematics and Vector Analysis.He has introduced Mathematica into the calculus curriculum at Norwich, writing several labs, and uses web pages as virtual math libraries for his classes.

 If you have any comments or suggestions on this page, or things you'd like to see in the short course next summer please send email to Cathy Frey

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