Electronic Proceedings of the 12^th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics

Abstract for 13127

Development and Implementation of the Online Mathematics Course.

Authors: Bakhodirzhon Siddikov

Affiliations: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of

Mathematics, Ferris State University, 820 Campus Drive, ASC 2021,

Big Rapids, Michigan 49307, USA

Keywords:

For the last ten to fifteen years there has been wide exploration of

innovative approaches to classroom instruction: the use of the

computer in teaching science courses. Rapid development of the

internet technology and improvements of mathematics software made

possible designing and implementing all levels of mathematics

courses to satisfy the nontraditional students’ need of being able

to take the mathematics courses off-campus. Today, a majority of

colleges and universities are offering the online mathematics

courses.

In 2006, Ferris State University has received a grant from the U.S.

Department of Education and Labor to develop the fully online the

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR)

program, which leads to a Bachelor of Science degree. As part of

this grant project, an “Intermediate Algebra and Numerical

Trigonometry” online course has been developed, and implemented in

2007. Maple software has been used to make the new online

instruction platform more interactive and dynamic.

This talk is about the results of the development and implementation

of the online teaching platform for the “Intermediate Algebra and

Numerical Trigonometry” course. We will discuss advantages and

disadvantages of the developed online course. We will talk about the

different techniques of preventing academic cheating in taking the

online mathematics courses, as well as difficulties of designing

online tests, quizzes, lecture notes, and discussion of the homework

problems. We will share with the audience our experiences of

overcoming these difficulties. At the end of the talk, we will

discuss the statistical results of the implementation of the online

“Intermediate Algebra and Numerical Trigonometry” course at Ferris

State University, Michigan, U.S.A. in 2007.