Posts Tagged ‘math’
A Moodle-based MOOC: Statistics with R #MOOC
While MOOC may be a new word that's hitting mainstream, large open courses have been Moodle's bread and butter for a few years (Moodle.org is one of the worlds largest MOOCs in my opinion). FreeMoodle.org is a great place to find MOOC-like courses that you can use to learn a new skill or participate in a learning community online. Here's a [...]
it’s Pi Day! Celebrate with some Moodle Math Courses #piday
Looking for math courses that you might use? There are a few sources you might look at to get your Pi Day fix (#piday | wikipedia π day). Moodleshare.org: 18 courses Hub.moodle.org: 5 courses Saylor.org: 25+ courses made of OER content, assessments are available through their Moodle site FreeMoodle.org: 7 [...]
WIRIS tackles accessibility and performance in it’s latest release
Wiris Math editor for Moodle provides an easy way to create and administer mathematic equations in quizzes or through the text editor generally. Recently they've focused on improving accessibility and performance. Their recent announcements highlights the accessibility improvements which have been made and works based on the native language of [...]
Embedding Math Applets in Moodle
Here's a quick video that highlights how to embed Applets from Poodwaddle.com to a Moodle. Help students with math or tracking their health stats right in your Moodle. Direct video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUwrb7c0Blk Check out more Gr8TechTools on Youtube.
Wiris updates plugins and addons for Moodle 2
Wiris, "The global solution for mathematics education", has updated its collection of plugins for Moodle 2. The Wiris editor is now compatible with LaTeX and the Wiris tool set is mobile accessible. The newest product from Wiris allows student answers/submissions to be checked against several criteria (simplified, correct/incorrect, factorized) [...]
200+ Algebra Questions in Moodle XML format for you to download from @mistermcintosh
Philip McIntosh, a "Learner-in-Chief" (@mistermcintosh) for Math has shared 3 sets of over 200 questions total at his blog for download: http://mistermcintoshsays.org/question-bank/. The questions focus on Absolute Value, integers addition and subtraction. If you're a math teacher searching for some ready-made questions look no further. If [...]
