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Source: Erica MelisMath-Bridge 2009

Math-BridgeEuropean Remedial Content for

Mathematics

Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz

Dr. Erica Melis

Coordinator

ECP 2008 EDU 428046

http://www.math-bridge.org/ 1.5.2009 – 31.1.2012


Why Math-Bridge?Why Math-Bridge?

• Numbers of graduated engineers insufficient– Germany 1996: 52.278– 2002: 31.000


Why Math-Bridge?Why Math-Bridge?

• Students lack mathematics competencies for (engineering) fields-of-study all over Europe

• Drop-out rates high in Europe! 15-60%• No. of graduated engineers insufficient

– E.g., Germany 1996: 52.278– 2002: 31.000

A possible remedy:personalized online Bridge Courses


Why Math-Bridge? Why Math-Bridge?

• Existing remedial courses for higher education insufficient:– Do not adapt enough to individual students– Do not adapt enough to field-of-study– Do not illustrate early enough importance of

mathematics in field-of-study


Why Math-Bridge? Why Math-Bridge?

Ava Babili

• Existing digital content not properly reusable– single languages instead of multi-lingual– not interoperable– not standard compliant (or no metadata)– not for all colleges and universities

• Existing digital content not well accessible– No semantic search– No cultural-adaptiv search

• Existing digital content with little interactivity• Existing digital content without cultural

adaptation


Goal: Math-Bridge Goal: Math-Bridge ServiceService

vanDriesch


Main Goals of the Main Goals of the Project Project

– Bridge the Mathematics gap between schools and higher education in Europe

– Enhance several large European content sources to

interoperable format, use them in Math-Bridge service

– Improved use and reuse through ActiveMath– Multi-lingual and multi-cultural access

• English, German, Finnish, French, Dutch, Hungaria, Spanish

– Customize ActiveMath platform for personalized remedial service

Ava Babili

Thomas Hawk


Main Goals ctd.Main Goals ctd.

• Extend diagnostic means (for feedback and assessment)

• Collaborative authoring of (remedial) content• Incorporate interdisciplinary expertise– Education– Intelligent technology– Web technology– Distant tutoring

• Organize and analyze user feedback • Evaluate Math-Bridge service• Prepare user community and service distribution• Disseminate

Connor


Partners of Math-Partners of Math-BridgeBridge• DFKI• Tampere University of Technology, TUT• Open Universiteit Nederland, OUNL• Universität Wien, UV• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M• Eurotype OHG, ETYP• Universität des Saarlandes• Eötvös Lorand University, ELTE• Universität Kassel/Paderborn• Université Montpellier II, UM2


Contents Contents to be enhanced to be enhanced

• DFKI: Bruchrechnung: demo.activemath.org

• Tampere University of Technology• Universität Wien: mathe online, www.mathe-online.at

• Universität Kassel: VEMA, www.mathematik.uni-kassel.de/~vorkurs/

• Open Universiteit Nederland: www.voorwis.ou.nl:1025/nkbw_data/nkbw/

• Universität des Saarlandes: www.leactivemath.org

McFish


ContentsContents


Internationalized TEL Platform Internationalized TEL Platform ActiveMathActiveMath„Book“ Creation: English„Book“ Creation: English


GermanGerman


ChineseChinese


Русский (Russian)Русский (Russian)


FranFranççais ais (and Spanish . . . .)(and Spanish . . . .)


ActiveMath ActiveMath MatheFührerscheinMatheFührerschein

Mathematics„Drivers Licence“


Work: Pedagogical Work: Pedagogical PreparationPreparation• Domain ontology for metadata

• Target competencies per field-of-study

• Content selection iteratively

• Remedial scenario for personalization

• Select, adapt assessment resources

Lincolnian


Work: Content EnrichmentWork: Content Enrichment

• Process model for collaborative authoring

• Tools for transforming source formats• Transformations

– slicing – structure annotations – metadata extension – semantics of mathematical expressions

• Quality control and improvement • …Transformation of external sources


Work: Use and reuseWork: Use and reuse

• Commons server for content

• Use and reuse of content• Gap detection, gap detection tools • Infrastructure for reporting gaps• Guidelines for the publication of content• Tool support for assembly of courses • Application-relevant LOs

Michael Righi


Work:Improved accessibilityWork:Improved accessibility

• Customization of ActiveMath’s search • Collection of cultural differences and their use

in search and for cultural rendering • Search related to target competencies


Multi-lingualMulti-lingual access access

• Basis for language-dependent access• Language adjustments of search/access • Supported translation • Tool for the language gap detection


Interactive exercisesInteractive exercises

• Interoperability of content/mathematical expressions

• Interoperability of tools for interactive exercises

• Further develop domain reasoners for diagnosis• Cross-domain reasoning

Thomas Hawk


Personalized Personalized RemedialRemedial

• Remedial scenario/decision rules • Estimation of students’ competencies • Customization of personalized access • Customization of student model • Graphical design customization • Software and user tests


User FeedbackUser Feedback• Community building and stimulation of feedback • Development of questionnaires • Central web-site for feedback • Feedback buttons/facilities in ActiveMath • Continuous collection of user feedback • Analysis of user feedback • …..

Zickie


Evaluation and FeedbackEvaluation and Feedback

• Criteria for evaluation• Large-scale evaluations of Math-Bridge service • Didactical content quality evaluation• Content validation • Final revision cycle

Aniroudh Koul


DisseminationDissemination

Ava Babili

• Project web site • Multimedia Project Presentation • Dissemination to schools and universities • Dissemination at conferences • Articles for online portals • Press releases • Presentation at fairs• Instructional videos


ExploitationExploitation

• Adaptation of platform ActiveMath– Optimization of scalability – Customization of the platform – Implementation of share-calculator

• Exploitation plan and related tools– Business model for exploitation – Choice of CC content license

• Procedure for quality content • Find associated members and customers

Basegreen


Workshop: May 12-15, Workshop: May 12-15, 20092009• Mutual understanding, experience exchanged• Components in ActiveMath familiarized• Target OMDoc format communicated+trained• Metadata, first version

• Competencies, first version

• Domain ontology, procedure started

• Content selection, procedure defined and started

• Assessment resource selection, procedure defined and started

• First training for tools• Explanation of content transformation process • versioning and communication channels established

• Started licensing process


ConclusionConclusion

We are on track!

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