Collaborative Research: UTMOST: Undergraduate Teaching in Mathematics with Open Software and Textbooks

合作研究：UTMOST：利用开放软件和教科书进行本科数学教学

• 批准号: 1020687
• 负责人: Sandra Laursen
• 金额: $ 7.83万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1020687&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; UTMOST; Undergraduate; Teaching

The UTMOST Project (Undergraduate Teaching in Mathematics with Open Software and Textbooks) is coupling the use of Sage - comprehensive free open source mathematics software - with existing free open textbooks, to make it possible for faculty and institutions to more easily bring the power of mathematics software to their students. Authors of open source software and open textbooks provide licenses that permit free copying and editing of their work, allowing others to adapt or extend them to suit their needs or make improvements. A major project activity is to convert existing open textbooks into web-based dynamic e-texts that integrate traditional mathematical exposition with Sage code and hands-on demonstrations. The intellectual merit of this project lies in its use of the innovative Sage environment and its active community of users and practitioners. Eight diverse undergraduate institutions are helping to test and refine these materials using a comprehensive, professional evaluation procedure. The main goal driving this project is to create technical and pedagogical tools and methods that greatly simplify the deployment and use of powerful software to increase learning and experimentation in undergraduate mathematics. The potential broader impacts of this project are strong given the distributed nature of both development and deployment.

UTMOST项目（开放软件和教科书的数学本科教学）将Sage -全面的免费开源数学软件-与现有的免费开放教科书结合使用，使教师和机构能够更轻松地将数学软件的力量带给学生。开放源码软件和开放教科书的作者提供许可证，允许自由复制和编辑他们的作品，允许其他人修改或扩展他们的作品以满足他们的需求或进行改进。 一个主要的项目活动是将现有的开放式教科书转换为基于网络的动态电子文本，将传统的数学阐述与Sage代码和动手演示结合起来。该项目的智力价值在于它使用了创新的Sage环境及其活跃的用户和从业者社区。八个不同的本科院校正在帮助测试和完善这些材料使用一个全面的，专业的评估程序。推动这个项目的主要目标是创建技术和教学工具和方法，大大简化了强大软件的部署和使用，以增加本科数学的学习和实验。考虑到开发和部署的分布式特性，该项目的潜在广泛影响是强大的。