Advancement of best practices in on-line learning in sciences by promoting proper use of the most advanced applications in education.
We aim at using existing standards for representing learning on the web and existing linguistic technologies to produce language-independent learning didactical material. Our product is a set of comprehensive mathematics, physics, and chemistry courses for high school, college and university curricula that is operated through Moodle – an Open Source Course Management System. The core of our services revolves around Advanced Problem Databases allowing virtually unlimited practice with scientific tasks.
WebALT moodle in FSU Calculus Instruction
WebALT moodle services are used in calculus instruction at Florida State University. 131 students created 13561 events on the website. More than 100 per student in one day only. more..
Accessible Math
The WebALT Team has recently enabled MathJax support in its moodle services. This means that the mathematical expressions on WebALT moodle pages can even be rendered orally in English. This feature is especially helpful for students who are blind or partially sighted. For those with limited vision, assistive technologies, like magnification, are very helpful. This requires Internet Explorer 8 with MathPlayer. more..
