http://www.oercommons.org/browse/keyword/simon daily 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.oercommons.org/courses/online-discussions-in-maths-teacher-education-case-study Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/gd02CZ from the Learning to Teach Online project website.This case study examines the use of online asynchronous discussions as part of a large professional practice class for primary mathematics teachers. Online forums within Blackboard are used to host discussions about video lectures, support assessments and to enable students to ask questions and receive advice about content. The realities of managing large scale online discussions are discussed, along with strategies for effective facilitation.What do you think of this resource? Please click this link to complete a quick survey http://svy.mk/e6BP1G Karin Watson Simon McIntyre Mathematics and Statistics 2011-03-25T12:24:57 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/creating-ebooks-for-distance-education-case-study Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/f1v3iH from the Learning to Teach Online project website.This case study examines the use of eBooks and eReaders as an extension of the usual Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS). This initiative was undertaken as part of the DUCKLING research project (Delivering University Curricula: Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Gains) conducted by the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester in the UK.While the context of this study involves distance students, using electronic books can have applications in any discipline where students are required to undertake a significant amount of reading. This case study discusses some advantages of using eBooks, and outlines the process involved in creating and uploading them to an eReader device. Karin Watson Simon McIntyre Science and Technology 2011-02-25T12:46:01 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/teaching-with-web-2-0-technologies-twitter-wikis-blogs-case-study Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/e2Hxxs from the Learning to Teach Online project website.Web 2.0 tools can be useful for any situation where discussion and content sharing is desired, and where accessing current information in certain topic areas can be advantageous for learning. This case study examines how and why Lubna Alam from the University of Canberra used the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) as a central hub that both provided her students with easy access to the class blogs, wiki and Twitter, and a place where information from the different technologies was amalgamated. The integration of web 2.0 technologies into the learning process is examined, highlighting how this can improve student engagement, communication and collaboration. Karin Watson Simon McIntyre Science and Technology 2011-02-25T12:36:48 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/increasing-student-engagement-using-podcasts-case-study Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/fEveZU from the Learning to Teach Online project website.This case study examines the use of simple audio podcasts in a fully online distance education class, as part of the DUCKLING research project conducted by the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. It discusses the benefits of using podcasts as part of an integrated online learning strategy in a distance learning context, and gives an overview of how podcasts were used to introduce concepts, provide support for assignments, and to give students direct feedback on their work. Karin Watson Simon McIntyre Arts Business Humanities Mathematics and Statistics Science and Technology Social Sciences 2011-02-25T12:34:36 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/conducting-effective-online-discussions Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/fhEFBn from the Learning to Teach Online project website.Discussions are an important component of many forms of online student interaction. For students to benefit from an online discussion, it is important for teachers to generate relevant topics, effectively moderate student activity and participate regularly. This episode will highlight several strategies to help you manage online discussions more effectively, and make them more beneficial for your students. Karin Watson Simon McIntyre Arts Business Humanities Mathematics and Statistics Science and Technology Social Sciences 2011-02-24T14:23:52 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/theory-of-functions-of-a-real-variable I have taught the beginning graduate course in real variables and functional analysis three times in the last five years, and this book is the result. The course assumes that the student has seen the basics of real variable theory and point set topology. The elements of the topology of metrics spaces are presented (in the nature of a rapid review) in Chapter I. The course itself consists of two parts: 1) measure theory and integration, and 2) Hilbert space theory, especially the spectral theorem and its applications. In Chapter II I do the basics of Hilbert space theory, i.e. what I can do without measure theory or the Lebesgue integral. The hero here (and perhaps for the first half of the course) is the Riesz representation theorem. Included is the spectral theorem for compact self-adjoint operators and applications of this theorem to elliptic partial di erential equations. Chapter III is a rapid presentation of the basics about the Fourier transform. Chapter IV is concerned with measure theory. Shlomo Sternberg Mathematics and Statistics 2007-10-19T09:13:00 Course Related Materials http://www.oercommons.org/courses/simon-marius A brief biography of Simon Marius (1573-1624). Albert Van Helden Humanities 2007-08-20T04:15:00 Course Related Materials