Multimedia Mathematical Computation in Undergraduate Instruction

透过这个计划，一套新的电脑设施将会发展：1)支援各级学生使用多媒体资料，以及2)为高年级学生提供工具，提高他们的就业能力。早在20世纪80年代，该系就开始使用计算机来帮助学生将所教的数学概念可视化。然而，该系最近发现自己无法在教学中利用现代多媒体工具，无论是在帮助学生为日益以计算机为导向的就业市场做好准备，还是在使最早的课程更容易让谨慎的学生接受。此外，学生们使用的设备与他们毕业后可能使用的设备相差甚远。这个项目代表了解决这个问题的一种尝试。

Through this project a new computer facility is being developed to: 1) support the use of multimedia materials at all levels, and 2) provide senior students tools that will enhance their employability. From a time early in the decade of the 1980s, the department has employed computers to assist students in visualizing the mathematics concepts taught. However, the department has recently found itself unable to avail itself of modern multimedia tools in instruction, either in preparing students for a progressively more computer-oriented job market or in making the earliest courses more palatable to wary students. Moreover, students are not using equipment that is even remotely similar to what they will likely use after they graduate. This project represents an attempt to address this concern.