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Can the Web Help Students Succeed? Neat Networks UTEP May 5, 1998

Can the Web Help Students Succeed? Neat Networks UTEP May 5, 1998. Philosophy S.O.S. MATHematics is the website of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, where you can work with materials to help you: do your homework prepare for a test

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Can the Web Help Students Succeed? Neat Networks UTEP May 5, 1998

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  1. Can the Web Help Students Succeed? Neat NetworksUTEPMay 5, 1998

  2. Philosophy S.O.S. MATHematics is the website of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, where you can work with materials to help you: do your homework prepare for a test get ready for class

  3. Philosophy The material presented here reviews the most important results, techniques and formulas in college and pre-college mathematics. The learning units are presented in worksheet format and require your active participation! This is not meant to be a substitute for your classroom instruction or for reading your textbook.

  4. Scope -planned • Pre-College • Arithmetic/Algebra • Geometry • Trigonometry • College • Calculus • Matrix Algebra • Differential Equations

  5. Scope • Pre-College • Arithmetic/Algebra • Trigonometry • College • Calculus • Differential Equations • Matrix Algebra • Complex Variables

  6. Scope-Added by “Popular Demand” • Cyber-Exam • Tables and Formulas

  7. Design • Minimal Requirements • Internet Browser • Netscape Navigator 2 • No frames • No plug-ins • Accessible with slow computers • Accessible with 28.8 modem • No excessive graphics, sounds, movies etc.

  8. Design • Absolute Links versus Relative Links: • Do not use absolute links unless you link to outside resources! • CSS Stylesheets • Gives you more control on the layout of the web page as viewed by the user!

  9. How to Put Math on the Web? • Mathematics Formulas can still not be displayed by the Common Internet Browsers!

  10. How to Put Math on the Web? • Viable Alternatives in 1996: • Microsoft Word’s Equation Editor • Pro: Easy conversion • Con: Buggy, text-formula alignment pretty bad • LaTeX2HTML • Pro: LaTeX based, Looks good, can do any math formula • Con: Complicated process, slow conversion, inconvenient for the content producer

  11. How to Put Math on the Web? • More Alternatives in 1998: • TeX Explorer (IBM) • Pro: fast display, looks good, LaTeX based • Con: needs plug-in, still under development, content developer dependent on company strategies

  12. How to Put Math on the Web? • Math Markup Language (MathML) has been accepted by W3C as the web standard. • Standard Plug-ins and Translators should become available.

  13. Tools We Use…. LATeX2HTML Translator by Nikos Drakos

  14. Production of an SOS Mathematics Page

  15. Production of an SOS Mathematics Page

  16. Production of an SOS Mathematics Page

  17. Production of an SOS Mathematics Page

  18. Production of an SOS Mathematics Page

  19. Funding

  20. Funding • Release Time for Faculty • Equipment • WWW Server, PCs, Software • Funds for Student Assistants

  21. S.O.S. Mathematics - Today

  22. S.O.S. Mathematics - Today

  23. S.O.S. Mathematics - Today:2400 HTML-Pages written

  24. S.O.S. Mathematics - Today:

  25. S.O.S. Mathematics - Today:Mirrors • Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand • Access only for LU students • Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain • Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin, Poland • In Preparation

  26. The People BehindS.O.S. Mathematics

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