Learn Math by Making Math

Faisal Whelpley
faisal@makingmath.com

Making Math (a division of O’Reilly Media Inc.)
www.makingmath.com

Nope...

Not Bill O’Reilly!

What is Making Math

An online learning platform: Tool Integrated Learning Environment

Course management system

Content development and deployment platform

web-based Mathematica technology

Key Principles

Immersion

Guided Active Discovery

Constructionist Learning

Instructor Coaching

Formative Assessment

Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning

History

1988 - NSF funded Calculus Reform project by Jerry Uhl, Bill Davis and Horacio Porta for interactive curriculum called Calculus&Mathematica

1991 - Distance Education Program

1996 - UserActive started by Scott Gray

2005 - O'Reilly Media Inc acquired UserActive

2009 - O'Reilly Media Inc acquires license to distribute the courseware

2010 - O'Reilly Media Inc and Wolfram Research partnership for development of Making Math

2013 - Netmath and C&M programs at UIUC convert to Making Math completely

Courseware

Present

Math Before Calculus
Calculus : Book 1 (Growth), Book 2 (Accumulation), Book 3 (Approximation)
Vector Calculus
Differential Equations
Matrices and Geometry
Probability and Statistics
Digital Signal Processing (post-production)

Future

Statistics
Image Processing
Complex Analysis

Courses

Current

Calculus 1
Calculus 2
Calculus 3, Multivariable Calculus
Differential Equations
Applied Linear Algebra
Introduction to Probability

Future

Digital Signal Processing

Introduction to Statistics

Demonstration

Instructor interface

Course Manager: copy, edit, stage, active

assignment settings: due dates, multiple attempts

welcome page

Student enrollment

starts with URL

account sign up or sign in

Mathematica passcode

payment

get started

evaluation examples with and without CDF support: integrals, plots, 3D graphics, manipulates

Mentoring interface

gradebook

downloading grade

homework collaboration