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Looking back to 1987
About 6 months ago, I got invited to give one of two plenary addresses at the upcoming 2014 Kansas City Math Expo, which will occur in three short weeks. My Saturday talk at the conference is titled “Calculus 2020: A vision for … Continue reading
Carroll College: Clicker Questions and Chapter Zero for Active Calculus
One of the most enjoyable aspects of this free and open textbook project has been all of the new friends I’ve made in the mathematics community. I just got to see several of them in Portland at Mathfest, including Eric … Continue reading
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Updated version: Active Calculus 2014
Recently I shared news that I’ve been working on a print-on-demand version of the text. Lon Miller of Orthogonal Publishing and I are in the final stages of that project, and expect by the end of the week of August 11 … Continue reading
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openmathbook.org
As an outgrowth of the previously-mentioned session at the Baltimore Joint Meetings on open textbooks, Albert Schueller has started a new blog, Open Mathbook, to offer “a place to promote, discuss, and develop free and open source mathematics texts.” There’s … Continue reading
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Joint Meetings 2014: free and open textbooks session
While it was certainly a good conference overall this year, last Friday at the Joint Meetings in Baltimore was particularly fantastic. From 8-11 and 3-5, we had about 15 different presenters share interesting and exciting work and opportunities in the … Continue reading
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How my calculus class looks this fall (part 2 of 3)
In an earlier post, I thought to make my teaching more public, and then subsequently shared some reflections on how my calculus I course looks overall. In this post I’ll give an overview of how a typical week is structured, … Continue reading
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How my calculus class looks this fall (part 1 of 3)
[update: I moved some Dropbox files around and the original links were broken. I updated these on 8.11.14.] Well, it looks full. 31 students, 1 over the cap of 30, filling essentially all the seats in our regular classroom, and … Continue reading
Making my teaching more public
I’ve made a promise to blog regularly this fall on my experiences in teaching calculus I at GVSU using Active Calculus. Before starting that endeavor, here are a few overall thoughts. Teaching is an oddly private endeavor. While it is … Continue reading
Active Calculus: now endorsed by the American Institute of Mathematics
One of the goals of the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) is “to encourage the adoption of open source and open access mathematics textbooks.” Their editorial board maintains a list of approved texts that have been reviewed according to their … Continue reading
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Screencasts for Active Calculus and the Inverted Classroom
It’s time to gear up for fall semester. Over the month of August ahead, I look forward to sharing some news and updates about Active Calculus and related matters here on the blog. I’m excited that among the many sections … Continue reading
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Tagged differential calculus, IBL, inverted classroom, online, resources, technology
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