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E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects online videos

By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 28, 2009

I spent some time yesterday remaking the E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects (ELMS) website, which has had an extended period of downtime since my previous webhost deleted my server without warning. ELMS is a research seminar series at Nottingham Trent University which I set up with Dr. David Fairhurst in 2005 and the website contains videos of seminars. ELMS aims to appeal to a wider range of subject areas and allow discussion on issues in mathematical e-learning that are shared over a range of diverse disciplines. There are currently 11 videos of seminars online on topics including e-assessment, disability and accessibility, podcasting, electronic voting (audience response) systems, VLEs, GeoGebra & interactive whiteboards and more in the pipeline.

I took the redevelopment opportunity to add some new features such as an improved RSS feed, AddThis boxes, short URLs for video pages and video embedding code, as well as some backend changes to make the site easier to run behind the scenes. Consequently I am now able to embed the video of my ELMS talk in this blog. (I have embedded this half size due to the limitations of this blog layout, so you might prefer to view full size).

Serverfail

By Peter Rowlett. Posted May 13, 2009

Earlier this week my server underwent what might be politely termed an “unscheduled outage“. This has messed up a lot of stuff, including the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast. This is now back from another server and all is well again. All episodes are linked from www.travelsinamathematicalworld.co.uk.

My personal website and ELMS remain offline at present. If I close my eyes and wish hard enough, maybe I’ll find some spare time to sort them out too.

Chalk and talk and interactive whiteboards

By Peter Rowlett. Posted April 3, 2009

Last December I gave a talk to the E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects (ELMS) Seminar Series at Nottingham Trent University. This was based on an essay I wrote for my PGCHE on lecture delivery methods. It looks at chalk and talk methods vs. PowerPoint and winds up on some of the things that can be done with interactive whiteboards. You can watch my video on the ELMS website, also download my slides, etc. and view other ELMS talks through the website.

ELMS is something I have been involved with through my PhD in e-learning in maths at Nottingham Trent University. These aim to bring people together from around the university who teach mathematical content and have similar issues but no opportunity to otherwise meet, along with people who are interested in education and e-learning for research and those who work in e-learning support. We received funding from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in 2006 to support the seminars and allow videoing of these for distribution through the ELMS website at elms.org.uk. We also receive support from the Higher Education Academy Maths, Stats and OR Network who provide web space for the videos.