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Multimedia Course Materials: Wonderland or Inferno

Multimedia Course Materials: Wonderland or Inferno. MERLOT International Conference--2003 Vancouver, B.C., Canada August 7, 2003. Patricia Taylor Assistant Professor of Mathematics— Thomas Nelson Community College Martin Zahn

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Multimedia Course Materials: Wonderland or Inferno

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  1. Multimedia Course Materials: Wonderland or Inferno MERLOT International Conference--2003 Vancouver, B.C., Canada August 7, 2003

  2. Patricia Taylor Assistant Professor of Mathematics— Thomas Nelson Community College • Martin Zahn Associate Professor of Biology—Thomas Nelson Community College

  3. www.merlot.org

  4. About MERLOT • Technology in Education • MERLOT in Science & Math

  5. About MERLOT • An online community • A cooperative of individual members and institutions of higher education • A project for transforming and improving education • A tool for enabling faculty to effectively and easily integrate instructional technology into their courses

  6. MERLOT’s Discipline Communities • Biology • Business • Chemistry • Engineering • Health Sciences • History • Information Technology • Mathematics • Music • Physics • Psychology • Teacher Education • World Languages

  7. Technology In Education Not a new idea • Chalkboard • Opaque Projector • Overhead Projector/35 mm Slides • Whiteboard • Computer Display/Smartboard • Wireless connections

  8. Why Use Technology At All?? • EVERYONE uses technology—of some kind • When it will meet some objectives better than less technological methods? • When it will provide access for students who would not otherwise have access? • NEEDS TO BE A REASON

  9. Technology Classroom “Standards” • Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3 • Level 4 Syllabus Magazine, November 2002

  10. How Can Technology Be Used in Education?

  11. In-Class Presentations • Biology:Explore DNA • Mathematics:Riemann Sums • Statistics: Hypothesis Test for a Mean

  12. Out-Of-Class Assignments • Biology:Cold Spring Harbor • Mathematics:Sin, Cos & Tan Graphs

  13. Laboratory Activities Biology: • Primate Phylogenetics • Transcription • Translation

  14. Enrichment/Reference Mathematics: • Fibonacci Numbers • MacTutor History of Mathematics Archives

  15. Web-Based Courses • Biology: Evolution • Mathematics:???

  16. How Do You Find These Resources? • MERLOT www.merlot.org • Eisenhower National Clearing House for Mathematics and Science Education www.enc.org

  17. Our Thanks To • MERLOT • Virginia Community College System

  18. www.merlot.org

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