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European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics
Daniela VelichováDepartment of Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering FacultySlovak University of Technology
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics
European project within the Leonardo da Vinci scheme coordinator – Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republicpartners – 6 universities from the European countries (BG, CZ, ES, HU, IE, UK)– 2 educational non-governmental organisations (SK, FI)
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - partners
University of Plovdiv, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgaria University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Plzeň, Czech Republic Miskolc University in Hungary University of Limerick, Ireland University of Salamanca, Spain Faculty of Informatics and Computing, Coventry University, United Kingdom http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk Tullossilta, FinlandSlovak Society for Geometry and Graphics, SR
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - reasons
declining level of mathematical knowledge among secondary school graduates
decreasing numbers of students at hard sciences and technical study programmes
unsatisfactory study results and success rates in the first years of university studies
traditional ways of teaching mathematical subjects, including geometry
general trends all over the world
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - needs
to upgrade the overall level of mathematical knowledgeto promote new methods in teaching Mathematics, as e-learning and blended solutions (PC + consultations)to improve the quality of and free access to training materials for mathematical subjects at many different forms – consultations on-line, web-based learning support, interactive calculations, database of e-learning materials
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - objectives
improving the understanding of mathematics for a wide range of students
improving the skills and competencies of teachers and trainers in utilising e-learning resources for mathematical education
supporting the process of innovation in mathematical education through blended solutions
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - aims
to provide a consultancy service in Maths on all levels and in both electronic or personal form
to promote e-learning in Maths
to help teachers and trainers in developing and authorship of their own electronic learning materials
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics – basic ideas
To foster trans-national cooperation within the common framework of EVLM PortalTo form network of National Centres of Mathematics located at the partner institutions To create platform for dissemination of relevant information To maintain virtual database for sharing all available resources To provide training on how to develop and use quality electronic learning materials in Maths (including Geometry)
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics – target groups
students from secondary school up to PhD. students secondary school teachers, trainers, university lecturers, researchers or scientists any interested party from the non-academic sphere, from the industry, research and development any training organisations, schools and universities providing continuous education and distance learning or life-long learning private individuals and home self-learners
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - outcomes
official EVLM Portal serving as a common virtual communication and working environment National Centres of Mathematics promoting new advanced e-learning methods for education of Mathsdissemination of information about available educational sources virtual database of resources dealing with mathematical topics expert consultancy on special mathematical topics
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - impact
to introduce a change into the education of mathematics
to raise the awarness about the existence of new training methods and enhance competencies of educators, teachers and tutors
to enhance the role of mathematics in the general education
to stress the importance of mathematics as a scientific field
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - cooperation
on institutional level - through the National Centres of Mathematics at universities in national languageson national level – through the National Portals in different countries in national languages and in English (partners)on trans-national level - through the EVLM Portal in English (coordinator)
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - expectations
innovation of teaching Maths using new ways, sharing and utilising existing and newly created educational materials
blended solution – usage of different educational forms, tools and materials to enhance synergetic effect
dissemination of information on available resources in printed or electronic form in virtual database
free acces to e-learning educational modules and materials on Internet
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - expectations
improvement in Maths understanding fostered by providing shared consultancy for any theoretical or practical request better image of Mathematics in the society - raised interest and increased importance platform for cooperation of different target groups from different countries within virtual framework of networking partner organisations in the European research area
European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - invitation
Any interested party is invited to join the project in a long-term perspective Links to your e-learning portals and databases of freely accessible e-learning materials can be included at the EVLM central portalWe kindly ask you to disseminate information about to EVLM Central portal and insert links to the address above at your web-pages
evlm.stuba.sk www.evlm.stuba.sk