[Crosstalk] Next Crosstalk: Math CI Space, May 4 (Tue.) Noon - 1:30pm

[Toru Iiyoshi]

Dear Colleagues,

Please come and join our next Crosstalk this Tuesday:


"MIT Math CI Space: Collaborative Site for Instructors of Mathematical
Communication"

Tuesday, May 4, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Rm. W20-491 (Student Center)

Prof. Haynes Miller (Mathematics), Ms. Susan Ruff (Writing Across the
Curriculum), Dr. Mia Minnes (Mathematics), and Dr. Violeta Ivanova
(DUE-OEIT)

The Department of Mathematics offers twelve communication-intensive courses,
many of which are taught by a different instructor each semester. To provide
continuity, the math department teamed up with writing and technical
advisors to design an online community where instructors can share materials
and actively discuss teaching ideas: the MIT Math CI Space.

The site contains information about ways to structure
communication-intensive math courses, pedagogical recommendations such as
advice on teaching mathematics writing, and an archive of past years' course
materials. In addition, the site offers a venue for discussion: the
long-term vision is that discussion will be used to refine the content so
that over the years a collection of best practices will develop.

The MIT Math CI Space was developed using Wordpress, an open-source blogging
and publishing platform. While the site's pedagogical content is created by
and for instructors of CI subjects in mathematics, the platform itself is
extremely flexible and extensible and can be adapted to support and engage a
community of instructors of any subject in any discipline.


Hope to see many of you there.  There will be pizzas, cookies, and brownies!

All the best,
Toru

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Toru Iiyoshi, Ph.D.

Senior Strategist
Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://oeit.mit.edu/about/staff/toru-iiyoshi
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