results of math-‐bridge project
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Math-Bridge:Technology-Enhanced Learning
on the European ScaleDr. Sergey Sosnovsky
Project info
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• Supported by the eContentplus program (budget ~ 3.5 mil.)
• Duration: from 01.05.09 to 31.01.12• Partners: 9 universities + 2 companies from 7 EU
countries
Motivation1
• Numbers of graduates in engineering disciplines is dropping all accross EU.In Germany: from 52.278 (1996) to 31.000 (2002)
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Motivation2
• Drop-out rates of students in engineering and science programs across the EU vary from 15-40%
• Lack of mathematics competencies is identified as one of the major reasons
• Existing remedial courses suffer from several problems:– unilingual content– little interactivity– not interoperable, not standard compliant– not for all colleges and universities
• Bridge the gap between schools and higher education in Europe by developing the pan-European repository of remedial content + adaptive platform for accessing it
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Project objectives• Enhance existing European content collections• Implement them in interoperable format• Provide multi-lingual and multi-cultural access
(English, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Dutch, Hungarian)
• Customize adaptive e-Learning system ActiveMath (developed at CeLTech) into the Math-Bridge platform
• Integrate Math-Bridge with existing assessment tools and LMS
• Evaluate Math-Bridge platform• Form the user community and disseminate project
results
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Project Results
Content & Knowledge Base
• Largest in EU Collection of Math Bridging Content– Sliced into Individual Learning Objects (>10 000)– Sharable Formats (XML, RDF, OWL)– Multilingual/Multicultural (7 languages)– Annotated with Metadata (OMDoc, LOM, Dublic Core)– Interactive Learning Experience (>5 000 exercises)
• Math-Bridge Ontology– 600 concepts formalizing remedial mathematics
• Notation Census– Full set of mathematical notations for 7 Languages for
all concepts of the Math-Bridge Ontology
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Project Results
Advanced Platform for Math Courses
• Student Functionality– Learning Content Presentation– Personalized Course Generation– Semantic Search– User Feedback Infrastructure– Adaptive Navigation Support
• Teacher/Administrator Functionality– Student Management– Group Management– Server Management– Reporting Tool
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Project Results
Large-Scale Evaluation of Math-Bridge
• >3000 students from 9 universities and 7 countries
• Different scenarios:– full e-Learning,– blended learning,– supplementary tool in a regular course
• Almost 300 000 page access within Math-Bridge
• Main result:
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Math-Bridge Helps Students
Learn
Students Like Math-Bridge
Math-Bridgeis an
Effective e-Learning Platform
Project Results
Community and Exploitation• Math-Bridge Community:
– 11 full-time partners– > 40 associated partners
• Math-Bridge is regularly used for teaching bridging courses in several EU universities (last count: 9 universities from 6 countries)
• Follow-up projects:– Kompetenzbrücken (European Regional Development Fund)– MetaMath (Tempus IV)– MathGeAr (Tempus IV)
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www.math-bridge.org
Intelligent Problem Solving Support
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Personalized Course Generation
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Adaptive Navigation
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