Xmath: Mathematical e-Learning Project in the EU Minerva Action

Odd Bringslid (Buskerud University College, Kongsberg, Norway)


The project Xmath will demonstrate and evaluate the use of XML (MathML), on-line
calculations and FLASH animations in mathematical courses on the Internet. Mathematics
has a negative development at universities and colleges: the number of students in
mathematical courses and the number passing the exams are "dangerous low". To meet
this challenge the teaching of mathematics has to undergo an innovative process where
new technology is important. The pedagogical evaluation of using the web in mathematical
education both locally and at distance will be focused.