Learning Design

Can we Teach Students to Understand Math Tests?

• Math Study Skills

Can we Teach Students to Understand Math Tests?

Maria Andersen 23 November 2009

A few weeks ago, I gave a test where the grades were less than stellar. Whenever this...

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The Rules of the Brain

• Video Learning

The Rules of the Brain

Maria Andersen 11 November 2009

Do you ever feel like you’re on “auto pilot”?  Or that you’ve lost the ability to learn...

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How to Study for a Math Test

• Digital Age Projects

How to Study for a Math Test

Maria Andersen 3 November 2009

The Fall 2009 Calculus class at Muskegon Community College was tasked (by me) with learning how to...

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Math Videos at the Sputnik Observatory

• Algebra

Math Videos at the Sputnik Observatory

Maria Andersen 26 October 2009

The Sputnik Observatory, is dedicated to providing a venue for viewing and sharing ideas and philosophies of...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Game Design as a Teaching Method for Math

• Play and Learn

Game Design as a Teaching Method for Math

Maria Andersen 8 June 2009

The author attended a game design workshop conducted by Brenda Brathwaite, which highlighted the importance of knowing...

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Intriguing Inverses

• Algebra

Intriguing Inverses

Maria Andersen 29 May 2009

Finally, I’ve made a sequel to Funky Function Notation. Here is Intriguing Inverses. Feel free to use...

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Tweeting for Accountability in Online Classes

• Communication

Tweeting for Accountability in Online Classes

Maria Andersen 13 May 2009

I am planning to ask my fall online calculus students to create twitter accounts in order to...

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Mathematical Algorithms and the AlloSphere

• Data Visualization

Mathematical Algorithms and the AlloSphere

Maria Andersen 20 April 2009

What is “The AlloSphere” ? Watch Stunning data visualization in the AlloSphere to find out. What you...

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