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Creen una plataforma virtual amb materials per a l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques en les enginyeries

An article about the project, it’s impact and achievements and student competition was published on the website of UPC. Read more here.

Nasi studenci odnieśli sukces w międzynarodowym konkursie matematycznym EngiMath

An article about the student competition conducted within the project was published on the website of the Koszalin University of Technology. Read more here.

Wiedzą, jak nauczyć matematyki

Anna Cellmer gave an overview about EngiMath project on the Koszalin Univerity of Technology website on 7 of June 2021 and on forum Akademickie on 9 of June. Read more from university website or from forum.

Change in Gap Perception within Current Practices in Assessing Students Learning Mathematics

This paper has been published in Sustainability 2021, 13, 4495. https:// doi.org/10.3390/su13084495

The COVID pandemic has touched many aspects of everyone’s life. Education is one of the fields greatly affected by it, as students and teachers were forced to move online and quickly adapt to the online environment. Assessment is a crucial part of education, especially in STEM fields. A gap analysis was performed by expert groups in the frame of an Erasmus+ project looking at the practices of six European countries. Specialists teaching university-grade mathematics in seven European institutions were asked about their perception of gaps in the assessment of students both before (2019) and during (2021) the pandemic. This qualitative study looks at the difference in perception of such gaps after almost one year of online teaching. The analysis of their responses showed that some gaps were present before the pandemic, as well as others that are specific to it. Some gaps, such as the lack of IT infrastructure and the need to adapt materials to an online environment, have been exacerbated by the outbreak.

Developing Interactive E-contents for a Mathematic Erasmus+ Project - Challenges and Experiences

A new paper has been published in INTED2020 Proceedings: 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 2-4 March, 2020, Valencia, Spain. Valencia: IATED, 477−485.10.21125/inted.2020.0203.

Stimulating students for learning is an extremely recurring theme that never seems finished, remaining in the frontline of teachers’ day by day struggle, and this recurrent factor is exponentiated when the subjects are directly related with Mathematics.

In November 2018 the European Project EngiMath started to work in the development of a common Math course for engineering students from the 6 countries of the consortium – Estonia, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain. This course will be an online course with all the usual features and e-contents, however the project partners have been particularly focused on the pedagogical features and real digital competences when developing all the materials and interactive e-contents. An exhaustive search has been developed for the best way to build interactive content that would stimulate students to improve their basic mathematical skills, dealing with all the time and financial constraints, common to European higher education.

This paper will describe, in a detailed way, all the steps of the construction of the theoretical contents, in English, which are the basis of the course proposed by the project and that are now being translated to each of the five distinct mother languages to avoid the frequent interpretation misleading problems for students and other cultural hitches. These e-contents are based on the construction of SCORM packages (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) for Moodle platform, created over animated presentations to promote students’ interaction and avoid drop out behaviours.

Technique of Active Online Training: Lessons Learnt from EngiMath Project

A paper has been published in Educating Engineers for Future Industrial Revolutions. ICL 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1328. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68198-2_67.

The goal of this paper is to introduce a technique of creating self-tests that has allowed to actively incorporate university students into the learning process. The study was conducted within the framework of the Erasmus+ Project EngiMath. Partners’ peer reviews, the survey results and the students’ comments in forums and test results were used to conduct the research. The students’ overall satisfaction was in a high level. However, opportunities for some technical improvement has been emerged like the formulation of the tasks needs to be very clear and the time required to perform the tests must be limited. The following conclusions can be drawn from the study. The use of self-tests at all stages of training has intensified the assimilation of the material, i.e. increased understanding of theoretical material and developed computational skills. By completing a series of such assignments on each topic of the course, students had mastered the methodology of studying the topic and mastered specific teaching material on this topic. Feedback made, taking into account typical errors, has allowed the students to analyse their knowledge. A large number of variations for such tasks has allowed students to be involved in the process of active independent and individualized self-study.

Exploring and developing a shared understanding of the issues surrounding engineering mathematics

A new paper has been published in WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on INFORMATION SCIENCE and APPLICATIONS, 2020, 17: 32 - 40. DOI: 10.37394/23209.2020.17.4

Although Mathematics is a pillar which many of the subjects of any Engineering degree are based on, and in spite of being used as a tool in almost all of such subjects, it is sometimes difficult for students to assimilate the mathematical concepts. Since this relationship between Engineering and Mathematics is unavoidable, a consortium of universities from different countries is working on a project, EngiMath, to, on the one hand, make it easier for teachers to teach Mathematics in the first years of Engineering degrees; and, on the other hand, to promote study from a “student-centric” point of view. As a previous step to the development of educational material that fulfills these purposes, a study of the students' feelings about Mathematics and their experience in studying them has been carried out.

Mathematics Online Learning Model in Engineering Education

A new paper has been published in INTED2019 Proceedings, 1: 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference Valencia, Spain 11-13 March, 2019. Valencia: IATED, 8941−8947. (INTED2019 Proceedings).10.21125/inted.2019.2224.

Mathematics, as all its related subjects, is a fundamental grounding element of engineering education and proficiency in the area is expected. Engineers are required to be analytical and able to utilize their mathematical “toolkit" to solve problems that may be hard or well defined depending on the contextual situation of the engineer. Until quite recently the teaching-learning process was undertaken using face-to-face techniques such as private and public communication, observation, and hand-written assessments, among others. Assessment and content delivery underwent a seed change with the new millennium when Educational Authorities and Professional bodies adapted their validation and accreditation methods to include learning outcomes and competencies within programs of study. The assessment techniques within programs altered accordingly to address these requirements and forces have evolved within higher education to increase the on-line presence.

To explore and develop a shared understanding of the issues surrounding engineering mathematics in the early stages of tertiary study and raise awareness of the issues pertaining, whether they are cultural, professional, the European Erasmus+ Project, EngiMath, Mathematics online learning model in engineering education, is being carried out in six European countries: Estonia, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain, under the Key Action - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. The enrolled Institutions in this transnational project will develop a shared platform for students and academics in the field of engineering mathematics. In this paper, the project will be presented with a special focus on its several methodological and development issues.

A European Educational Math Project - Comparative Needs Analysis in Partner Institutions

A new paper has been published in EDULEARN19 Proceedings: EDULEARN2019, the 11th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 1st-3rd July 2019. Palma: IATED, 742−749.

At the end of the 2018, a new multinational project saw its approval as a European Erasmus+ Project. This project, named EngiMath - Mathematics on-line learning model in Engineering education, is closely related to Mathematics Teaching in Engineering Degrees. With its end planned for 2021, the steps needed to kick-start the development of this multinational project have not been easy in general logistic terms and even in more specific and particular issues. One of the first steps in its development was connected to the identification of common themes/subjects on which this project should be based in theoretical and general terms. This paper will describe, in a detailed way, all the educational needs analysis development. Its inclusion within this programme of work was due to the development, testing and deployment of a novel paradigm in the technology enhanced learning mediated environment in six geographically, socially, and culturally separate, engineering institutions. This was not a trivial task and took many resource hours to complete. Prior research to the submission of the project found no literature guiding educational needs analysis for joint-shared initiatives relating to socially, culturally, or geographically, separate locations. Therefore, this paper hopes to mark a complete list of objectives and tasks developed. It will point out several important issues to consider when designing multinational educational projects as well as other international connections made in education.

Development of a Mathematics On-line Project in Engineering Education

A new paper about EngiMath project has been published in Open Education Studies, 2019, 1: 257–261.

The purpose of this paper is to present an Erasmus+ project and to describe its current stage. The initial focus of the work is on the partners’ mutual interest in active learning, particularly the application of Information and Communication Technology in the field of engineering education. The project hopes to provide students with a new authentic engineering mathematics subject which meets their needs. This is also the core reason why the on-line course will be composed using innovative pedagogics and ICT tools, as appropriate pedagogics supports students’ procedural, conceptual and application understanding in mathematics and enhances digital competencies, literacy and skills.

The website of TTK UAS

The announcement of the results of first output has been published on TTK UAS website (in estonian).

The website of LYIT

The announcement of the transnational meeting in Letterkenny has been published on LYIT website.

Radio Eska Radiostation

On 29th of January 2019 Polish partner Joanna Cymerman gave an interview to Joanna Hramitko-Mikoluj (Radio Eska Radiostation) and told about the project: how it has began, about goals, partners, etc.

The website of Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

The announcement of the Kick-off Meeting in Tallinn of the project has been published on the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca website. You can access the press release here (Romanian)