http://mathsrules.com/blog/2010/07/28/using-the-glossary-module-in-moodle/ A blog on Maths, ICT, education and some random stuff... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:07:18 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://mathsrules.com/blog/2010/07/28/using-the-glossary-module-in-moodle/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Dan Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:05:59 +0000 http://mathsrules.com/blog/?p=54#comment-14 Hi, For this session I didn't put much emphasis on writing mathematical notation in Moodle since most definitions were possible using words alone. However a few students asked about entering mathematics so I introduced them to the basics of using TeX notation in Moodle (http://docs.moodle.org/en/TeX_filter). I can't say they found it easy but I was encouraged - I believe a lesson or homework dedicated to learning some simple TeX code would be very beneficial. I'm considering doing this at the start of each academic year - I believe mathematical notation is a barrier to students using online forums to discuss maths (such as the excellent AskNrich: http://nrich.maths.org/discus/messages/board-topics.html). Dan Hi,
For this session I didn’t put much emphasis on writing mathematical notation in Moodle since most definitions were possible using words alone. However a few students asked about entering mathematics so I introduced them to the basics of using TeX notation in Moodle (http://docs.moodle.org/en/TeX_filter). I can’t say they found it easy but I was encouraged – I believe a lesson or homework dedicated to learning some simple TeX code would be very beneficial. I’m considering doing this at the start of each academic year – I believe mathematical notation is a barrier to students using online forums to discuss maths (such as the excellent AskNrich: http://nrich.maths.org/discus/messages/board-topics.html).
Dan

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]]> http://mathsrules.com/blog/2010/07/28/using-the-glossary-module-in-moodle/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Ramon Eixarch Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:16:08 +0000 http://mathsrules.com/blog/?p=54#comment-9 Did the students had trouble with the mathematical notation? How did they solve them? could you give more details. Did the students had trouble with the mathematical notation? How did they solve them? could you give more details.

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