Teaching Maths at the University of the Future

Saarbrücken,11th of September TEMPUS: MathGeAr Project

Teaching Maths at the University of the

FutureGerman Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

Universität des Saarlandes

Prof. Dr. grad. Ing. Jörg Siekmann

Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche IntelligenzDeutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz


Teaching: the Holy WarsTeaching: the Holy Wars

podcasting

webcasting

mashups

wikis

socialnetworks

videos

Overhead slides

powerpoint

blackboards


Change in University TeachingChange in University Teaching

Lehre

New Technologies Collaborative andactive Learning

Personalisation and livelong Learning


University of the Future: University of the Future:

1. University: Infrastructur

2. Teaching: Lecture- und Seminarrooms

3. Learning: - Intelligent Tutor Systems (ITS) - Mobile Learning


networked, mobil und networked, mobil und decentral decentral



Browser: Browser: knowledge everywhere knowledge everywhere

Knowledge Browser

Studentprojects andPractical Work

and anytime


Books and Lecture NotesBooks and Lecture Notes

e-paper: the whole library in 400 g


- Campuswide WLAN- New Mediacentre

- LMS: Learning Management System- Learning systems and L-software- Webpages and Smartphones

- CTO and CLO (Chief Learning Officer)

Infrastruktur: Infrastruktur: InformationsverwaltungInformationsverwaltung







Platos Academy:Platos Academy:

. . . by discourse


Schools in Medival TimesSchools in Medival Times

- Authoritarian

- Frontal, Head-on

- Textbased

- Rote lerning


Blackboard and Chalk: Blackboard and Chalk: 1818thth – 19 – 19th th CenturyCentury


First Universities:First Universities:

Uni Padova

Seeing is believing


So, what will it be like ...

the „Lecturehall“?

Thanks Raúl!


Lecture Hall of the Future?Lecture Hall of the Future?


The Classroom ofthe Fiuture?The Classroom ofthe Fiuture?


i-Campus at MIT: From here …i-Campus at MIT: From here …


. . . to there: i-Physics 101. . . to there: i-Physics 101

. . . what is the blackboard

like?

. . . still laptops on the table?


The Blackboard: Yesterday . . . . The Blackboard: Yesterday . . . .


„Science Fiction“ – Vision?


Multitouch Technology: e-ChalkMultitouch Technology: e-Chalk

„Digital Class Room“In Informatics:

Raúl Rojas, FU Berlin

Multitouch-Board


In a big LecturehallIn a big Lecturehall

Mathematicsat

TU BerlinLECTURE HALL


Technology: OLED-ScreenTechnology: OLED-Screen

Beamerand

Powerwall will

disappear


Interactive Walls and e-WallpaperInteractive Walls and e-Wallpaper


Multitouch Data-WallsMultitouch Data-Walls


Berlin and Saarbrücken:Berlin and Saarbrücken: the e-Chalk System the e-Chalk System

Board server

Audio server

Video server

Board client

Audio client

Video client

Internet

Stream storage

Live transmission


Knowledge Agents in the BackgroundKnowledge Agents in the Background

- Learning Environments: ActiveMath, MathBridge, ...- Computer Algebra Systems: Mathematica, Yacas, . . .- Domain Reasoner: . . . . several dozen . . .- Mathematical Handwriting Recognition


Handschrift ErkennungHandschrift Erkennung


FU Berlin: Mathematical Object Representation

Plotting of Surfaces


Maths Department Saarbrücken

Frank Schreyer:

Computeralgebra

and

Rendering


Maths Department Saarbrücken

Oliver Labs:

3-D ObjectDefinition

andRendering


Mit Prof. Slusallek (DFKI and INTEL Labs)

Rendering of Objects: Raytracing


. . . to there: i-Physics 101. . . to there: i-Physics 101

. . . new learning

environments !







e-Learning: ITS ITS: Intelligent Tutor System • Cassical Tutor Systems: - precanned solutions

• “Intelligent“ Features:– Adaptive sequencing – Interactive problem solving– Error diagnosis– User Model

• Personalization of:– Content– Presentation– Dynamically generated suggestions

For Example:Talk by Sergey Sosnowsky

„Mathbridge ontology, metadata and authoring “

(tomorrow)


. . . learning: anytime

and anywhere!- The Internet

- Semantic Web

- Web 2.0

-Mobile Learning

-Distant Learning

- Intelligent Tutor Systems

(e-Learning Lab, Shanghai, China)


Shanghai JiaoTong UniversityShanghai JiaoTong UniversityMencius Lab:

Prof Shen, Dr Ulrich


Available EverywhereAvailable EverywhereUpdating AnytimeUpdating Anytime IP TV broadcasting

Shanghai

Telecom ADSL

2.5G/3G Mobile Users

SJTU ， ZJU XJTU

Ning XiaUniversity

西藏大学

Xin JiangUniversity

Yan’anUniversity

IP Network教室群Tibet

UniversityClassroom Cluster

Two-Way Satellite

e-Learning Centre Shanghai: Prof Shen


Yangpu section

Fenyang network admin.

Pudong section

Fengxian

section

Jingshan

section

Songjiang section

Qingpu section

Jiading section

SH Telecom Admin.

Teaching Center

Nanhui section

Minhang section

NingboSection

JiangsuSection

e-Learning Centre Shanghai: Prof Shen


E-PenSupporting the Laser

Track System(Infrared Sender)

Monitor Camera

Supporting the Student Attention System

(Capture absquatulaters in the classroom)

Smart Board Supporting

Multiple Lecture Notes (Word, PPT, Handwritting, etc.)

Localizer Camera

Supporting the Teacher Tracking

System (Auto-track according

to the teacher’s locomotion

Lecture Notes

ScreenSupporting Multiple

Lecture Notes

Feedback Screen

Supporting the Real Time

Interactive System(Teachers may fine tune their teaching based on students’

short messages.

Standard ClassroomStandard Classroom

Micro-ArrayDriverAuto-track According to the Input from the Micro-Array


Ganghui e-Learning CenterGanghui e-Learning Center


Mencius Lab: Shanghai/SaarbrückenMencius Lab: Shanghai/Saarbrücken

Your whole Education in your personalMemory !

- Answering Machine-ITS integration-Mobile Devices

-Language Learning- . . . . . . .


Chinese-Canadian Joint Language Chinese-Canadian Joint Language ClassesClasses

International Cooperation


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