Category Archives: General

Active Calculus news and updates for Fall 2023

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Matt Boelkins

The summer of 2023 has been an exciting time of new developments and opportunities related to Active Calculus. In this post I’ll offer a short overview of the biggest items, and then offer more details in subsequent posts. View this … Continue reading →

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Fall 2022 reminders and updates

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Matt Boelkins

A list of things you might find helpful if you are teaching or learning from APC, ACS, or ACM: + Updated HTML There have been minor updates to the HTML for APC and ACS. These are almost all tiny and … Continue reading →

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Back to school updates for Active Prelude, Active Single, and Active Multi

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Matt Boelkins

Here is my just-in-time post for back to school, Fall 2020 Edition. Overall: The two main things to know about the Active Calculus textbooks (Active Prelude to Calculus (APC), Active Calculus Single Variable (ACS), and Active Calculus Multivariable (ACM)) are … Continue reading →

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Google groups for Active Calculus

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Matt Boelkins

I’m launching two groups for information about the Active Calculus texts:  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/active-calculus-announce, where there will be infrequent posts announcing new editions and features, and https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/active-calculus-users, which is a forum for instructors who use (or are considering using) the text. At … Continue reading →

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Short user survey – Active Calculus (single variable)

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Matt Boelkins

Regarding the single variable text, I’m trying to gain some information about adoption, how the text is used, and what additional features are desirable.  If you use the text in your teaching, I’d greatly appreciate you taking 5 minutes to … Continue reading →

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A new home for Active Calculus: https://activecalculus.org

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I’m pleased to announce that the HTML version of Active Calculus will now be found at https://activecalculus.org/single/. At https://activecalculus.org/ you’ll find a landing page that includes an overview of features of the text, links to the various versions of the text, … Continue reading →

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“Priced at nearly $100 less than the competition”

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

(I’m overdue to post something meaningful in this space, but today’s email made this post irresistible).  Following is clipped from my email, and here’s a direct link to the text: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/calculus.  The tag line is “Priced at nearly $100 less … Continue reading →

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2017 version of Active Calculus: more updates + notes on differences from 2016

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

Here are several updates to follow my most recent post. + The 2017 PDF version has been finalized and posted online; the HTML has been slightly updated as a result of work to get the PDF looking suitable. If you … Continue reading →

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Last day at AIM: meet some of my new friends

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Matt Boelkins

One of the very best parts of the workshop this week has been the time I’ve gotten to spend with the people here, some of whom I had followed online or traded email with, but never met in person.  Others … Continue reading →

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More from AIM: developments in free & open math texts

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Matt Boelkins

So much to share, so just going to go with a bulleted list for now.  Hope to flesh out more over the coming months. The American Institute of Mathematics is a cool place and they have an excellent organizational scheme. … Continue reading →

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