Maria Andersen

WolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning

• CAS

WolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning

Maria Andersen 23 October 2009

For at least a decade, we have had the ability to let CAS software perform computational mathematics,...

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How can we measure Teaching and Learning in Math?

• Assessment

How can we measure Teaching and Learning in Math?

Maria Andersen 12 October 2009

Last week I prepared a new presentation for the MichMATYC conference based partially on the literature review...

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Transforming Math for Elementary Ed

• Classroom Life

Transforming Math for Elementary Ed

Maria Andersen 7 October 2009

After several months alone to think about why education has become so transactional, I decided that I’d...

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eLearning Tools for STEM

• Calculators

eLearning Tools for STEM

Maria Andersen 6 October 2009

For anyone who has ever had trouble convincing your administration to give you the proper tools to...

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Hacking Higher Education

• Future of Higher Ed

Hacking Higher Education

Maria Andersen 30 September 2009

A few months ago I was interviewed by the  guys from the Business Innovation Factory.  We talked...

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5 Tips for Using a Bamboo Tablet

• PC Tablets and Journaling

5 Tips for Using a Bamboo Tablet

Maria Andersen 28 September 2009

If you (or your college) can’t afford a tablet computer, then a peripheral tablet or digital pen...

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Starting from Scratch (Part 2)

• eLearning

Starting from Scratch (Part 2)

Maria Andersen 18 September 2009

This is a follow up to Starting from Scratch (Part I).  Whether you’ve already built an online...

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Calculus Rhapsody

• Calculus

Calculus Rhapsody

Maria Andersen 17 September 2009

A great find (thanks Caroline) … students definitely make the best videos. Calculus Rhapsody

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Notesharing in the Digital Age

• Classroom Life

Notesharing in the Digital Age

Maria Andersen 14 September 2009

What do you see when you look out at your students?  Do you see them writing down...

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Technology Skills We Should Be Teaching in College

• Digital Literacy

Technology Skills We Should Be Teaching in College

Maria Andersen 9 September 2009

This is a follow-up to my recent research about Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age.  I’ve...

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Crowdsource Your Syllabus Presentation

• Classroom Life

Crowdsource Your Syllabus Presentation

Maria Andersen 2 September 2009

You know what I hate about the first day of class?  Going over the syllabus.  You know...

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Sixty Symbols Video Collection

• Calculus

Sixty Symbols Video Collection

Maria Andersen 28 August 2009

Sixty Symbols was a website that produced videos about the many symbols of physics and astronomy (of...

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Broken Educational Metrics: Office Hours

• Communication

Broken Educational Metrics: Office Hours

Maria Andersen 19 July 2009

Our modern-day system of higher education was built to mass-produce education during the industrial age.  The system...

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Max-Plus Algebras

• Teaching Math

Max-Plus Algebras

Maria Andersen 13 July 2009

Someone asked for a copy of my Master’s Thesis Max-Plus Algebra: Properties and Applications (written in 2002...

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Elvis Teaches Online Classes?

• eLearning

Elvis Teaches Online Classes?

Maria Andersen 6 July 2009

This is just priceless. Can’t Help Teaching Online “but still … I wouldn’t trade … teaching online...

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Moving Math from Analog to Digital

• Calculus

Moving Math from Analog to Digital

Maria Andersen 3 July 2009

Arthur Benjamin has been on TED in the past (see Mathemagics) and has done a really phenomenal...

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Dump Schedule-Driven Online Course Design

• eLearning

Dump Schedule-Driven Online Course Design

Maria Andersen 2 July 2009

In a previous post called Starting from Scratch (Part I), I mentioned that I think it’s a...

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Starting from Scratch (Part 1)

• eLearning

Starting from Scratch (Part 1)

Maria Andersen 30 June 2009

Subtitle: Why you should create a course shell for every course you teach, and not just the...

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Online Course Design for Mathematics

• Communicating Math

Online Course Design for Mathematics

Maria Andersen 24 June 2009

This week I have been participating in the MAA PREP course, Calculus: Online and Interactive. I was...

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Shaking Up Math Education

• CAS

Shaking Up Math Education

Maria Andersen 18 June 2009

In case you missed this, there’s a great Wall Street Journal article and blog post about Wolfram...

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