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UTMOSTUndergraduate Teaching of Mathematics
with Open Software and TextbooksNational Science Foundation DUE-1022574
Rob BeezerU of Puget [email protected]
Jason GroutDrake University
Marja-Liisa HassiU of Colorado, [email protected]
Tom JudsonStephen F. AustinState University
Kiran KedlayaMIT & UC San [email protected]
William SteinU of Washington, Seattle
Free Open SourceMath Software
+Free Open SourceTextbooks & Curriculum
=Wide integration of technologyDriven by teachers themselves
Project Overview
“Our proposition is that freely-available open software,open textbooks, and other open curricular materialscan allow teachers everywhere to transform the under-graduate mathematics curriculum by tightly and seam-lessly integrating mathematics software with more tra-ditional curricular materials.”
Components
Sage: Open Source Software for Mathematics“Creating a viable free open source alternative toMagma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab.”Includes over 100 open source packagesOver 300,000 lines of new Python code
Sage Servers: Web User InterfaceNotebook: Javascript application in a web browserServer: runs locally, or on Linux or Mac servers
Textbooks: Open Source Mathematics TextbooksBeezer, A First Course in Linear AlgebraJudson, Abstract Algebra: Theory and ApplicationsStein, Elementary Number TheoryMore. . .
ResourcesUser GuidesSubject-Specific TutorialsInteractive Demonstrations
Editorial BoardReview and recommend open texts in mathematicsOrganized through American Institute of Mathematics
Open Software
Sage Notebook Interface in a Web Browser
Sage on Mobile Devices: App for Android OSKyung-Won Kim, Sang-Gu Lee, SungKyunKwan U, Korea
Open Textbooks
Linear Algebra Textbook (PDF, Print)
Linear Algebra Textbook (Sage Worksheet)
Project Activities
CCLI Phase 2 GrantSeptember 2010 to August 2013
Sage Notebook: Software ImprovementsServer scalabilityWorksheet managementInterface improvements
Sage Library CodeUsability improvements
Textbooks: Conversion to WorksheetsSoftware: conversion from LATEX to worksheets
automated system using tex4htContent: Live Sage code to illustrate mathematics
Workshops: Sage Edu DaysSummer 2011Summer 2012
Editorial BoardOrganize and convene groupReview and recommend open textbooks
Test Sites8 undergraduate mathematics departmentsFirst 4 for AY 2011-12All 8 for AY 2012-13
AssessmentEthnography & Evaluation Research, Univ of Colorado
