DocumentCode :
3563509
Title :
Open educational resources for enhancing the learning of calculus in engineering education: Last improvements: Televoting system and specific thematic math videos
Author :
Carbonell, M. Rosa Estela ; Villalonga Pons, Joana
Author_Institution :
Dept. Mat. Aplic. III, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
fYear :
2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
8
Abstract :
Lecturers of Calculus at Civil Engineering School at the Universität Politècnica de Catalunya think Engineering students have to master mathematics to have a solid math foundation for their future studies and jobs as well as for developing and maintaining life-long mathematics learning skills. Our experience shows us that it is a difficult task but which can be achieved if we work to motivate and encourage students to understand, enjoy and learn for themselves this basic mathematics. In the present paper we introduce the last resources and materials that we have incorporated in the Calculus course taught during the first year of the Civil Engineering degree at the Escola Tècnica Superior d´Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona in order to motivate and encourage students to study and learn mathematics for themselves. One of these last implementations is a set of face-to-face workshops which incorporates a televoting system. The other one consists in two collections of specific videos: one of them with the intention to motivate Civil Engineering students towards mathematics and the other one presents Calculus skills to enhance students´ important mathematical concepts. The data collected for each of these resources allow us to think that these resources can really help us to achieve our purpose.
Keywords :
calculus; civil engineering computing; computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering education; mathematics computing; calculus course; civil engineering degree; engineering education; open educational resources; televoting system; thematic math videos; Calculus; Civil engineering; Conferences; Educational institutions; Videos; Calculus; audiovisual workshops; motivational videos; self-assessment; televoting system;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2014 IEEE
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2014.7044452
Filename :
7044452
Link To Document :
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