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

UTMOST 项目（使用开放软件和教科书进行数学本科教学）正在将 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起来，使教师和机构能够更轻松地将数学软件的强大功能带给学生。开源软件和开放教科书的作者提供许可证，允许免费复制和编辑他们的作品，允许其他人调整或扩展它们以满足他们的需要或进行改进。 一个主要的项目活动是将现有的开放教科书转换为基于网络的动态电子文本，将传统数学阐述与 Sage 代码和实践演示相结合。该项目的智力优势在于其对创新 Sage 环境的使用及其活跃的用户和从业者社区。八个不同的本科机构正在使用全面、专业的评估程序来帮助测试和完善这些材料。推动该项目的主要目标是创建技术和教学工具和方法，大大简化强大软件的部署和使用，以增加本科数学的学习和实验。鉴于开发和部署的分布式性质，该项目潜在的更广泛影响是巨大的。

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.