Hi all, Jim Kelly is an active contributor to Math Glossary. Please see history of each alphabetic list of terms page.
I appreciate his efforts and worries regarding to make MathGloss a high quality resource, he knows how hard is to deal with each concept, in terms of wiki markup skills and being creative in developing examples. I also totally agree with him. Wayne, We have some Copyright and CC concerns regarding to sources for definitions and examples. Could you please see http://www.wikieducator.org/Thread:Resource_Use_(Copyright_and_CC_licensing_topics)_(1) You said: "It would be great if we could develop a few examples of transclusion (i.e. creating pages / courses which are remixed from other pages in the wiki). mmmm - As our wiki-design experience matures we could think about developing a tutorial on remixing resources for effective learning." I've been making some tests for transclusion Please go to my "testing lab" :-) : http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808/My_sandbox#My_comments_about_transclusion I guess this is what you are talking about. Is it? Cheers, Gladys Gahona User:Chela5808 On 10 feb, 15:19, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alison, > > I agree -- nothing supports learning better than a good example! I hope > that you released the pie-chart you created under a free content > license ;-). > > I'm observing the development of the Math Glossary with great interest > -- I wish I had more time to engage with this development. I was a > learning designer in one of my past lives and am fascinated by the > approaches emerging in WE. > > What's interesting about examples is that they are strongly influenced > by the learning context (eg. culture, preknowledge, teaching approach > etc.) -- perhaps more in the humanities than the hard sciences. This > raises a challenge for us in WikiEducator regarding how we structure > resources, examples and activities for different educational contexts > and purposes. I'm really looking forward to seeing what emerges over > time. > > Another dimension for potential development in WikiEducator would be in > the area of teacher guidelines, tips and experiences to supplement the > OERs we're developing. After all -- we're a community of educators and > sharing best practice and experience would be a great way to add value > to our work. While this dimension has not received much attention yet, I > should cite the Declan McCabe's work on the Biology for Elementary > Schools project > (See:http://www.wikieducator.org/Biology_in_elementary_schools). These > teaching materials include guidelines for teachers and reflections on > implementing the lessons. > > Cheers > Wayne > > On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 14:14 -0500, Alison Snieckus wrote: > > Jim, > > I completely agree. I'll go one step farther - examples need to be > > realistic in some areas of math, particularly statistics and > > probability. Which begs the question "realistic for who?" suggesting > > the need for multiple examples with different contexts. We had a > > recent discussion on the MathGloss (designed for learners aged 5-18) > > talk page about this need. It's the examples and, I would add, the > > tips for creation or interpretation that will be essential elements > > going into the next phase of design for math learning resources. > > > I also agree that what needs to be learned in math is changing. IMO, > > aspects of algebra II are becoming outdated (e.g., all of the rules > > and methods for factoring complex polynomials). Over the last 10 > > years, there's been much talk (and some action) on including > > statistics and probability as courses in secondary school in the US. > > > For example, I recently went looking for a pie chart to include as an > > example. Of all of the freely-available images of pie charts that I > > looked at I think only one was constructed to my satisfaction. I ended > > up making my own. OK, so can you tell that my background is in data > > analysis and statistics? > > > If you are nterested in making this vision of math learning resources > > a reality, join us on the WikiEducator MathGloss project. > > > Hope to see you there, > > Alison Snieckus, WE user: ASnieckus > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM, jkelly952 <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > While one can appreciate the time and effort that goes into > > collecting > > information from Wikipedia to develop the mathematics pages > > which are > > in SCHOOL-WIKIPEDIA.ORG , I hope that WikiEducator will not > > follow the > > same path. Only machines learn from definitions; human beings > > need > > examples (sometimes a lot!) to learn. For example "I am the > > cat" and > > the opposite is "I am not the cat". Does more to create the > > foundation for understanding the term "negation"; than > > "Negation is > > the process that turns an affirmative statement into its > > opposite". > > Beginning and developing conceptualization of terms and ideas > > is what > > primary and to some extent secondary school learning is all > > about. > > Everyday situations generalized to become definitions is what > > learning > > is about at these levels. > > > To help nations develop their own mathematics programs > > WikiEducator > > would be wise to go beyond the usual definitions provide by > > other > > Wiki's, and concentrate on providing examples and > > illustrations. This > > way educational leaders can select terms and ideas that meet > > their > > nation's needs for mathematics. And strangely even in the so > > called > > "mathematically rich nations" with their multiple mathematical > > programs need to have a mechanism so that they can rethink > > about what > > mathematics concepts should continue and what new terms and > > concepts > > should be brought into elementary and secondary schools. The > > world's > > need for mathematics is changing > > > Jim Kelly --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
