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Is Calculus MOOCable?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Matt Boelkins

There’s been lots of discussion in higher education regarding the emergence of MOOCs:  Massively Open Online Courses.  These courses are free to anyone interested and are taken in an entirely online format; they are typically taught by well-known professors from … Continue reading →

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Initial Public Offering: Differential Calculus

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Matt Boelkins

[Update in January 2013: in addition to an updated version of the differential portion of the text, I’m pleased to publicly share four additional chapters for integral calculus.  See the download page at my GVSU site and/or this post here … Continue reading →

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Open Textbooks

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Matt Boelkins

At Mathfest, I had the pleasure of meeting Rob Beezer and having some extended conversation with him.  Rob is a longtime proponent of free and open textbooks, as well as the author of one himself.  After my talk he said … Continue reading →

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“The limiting resource should not be access, but rather time and talent”

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Matt Boelkins

On Saturday morning in Madison at Mathfest, I attended a fantastic talk by Robert Ghrist, titled “Putting Topology to Work”.  He has apparently given versions of this lecture in several other locations, including the Young Mathematicians’ Conference at Ohio State; … Continue reading →

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