New Collection of Open Educational Resources in Calculus Now Available
A new set of open educational resources (OER) in
calculus is
now available.
Curriki,
a nonprofit whose goal is to share open learning
resources, has just released a new collection of materials for students
and
teachers focusing on the mathematical discipline.
The new collection of materials, Curriki
Calculus, is
organized into five units with video instruction, exercise and practice
materials,
all of which is free to educators, students and parents.
The goal is to accommodate different learning and
teaching
styles and to serve the varied interests students and teachers might
have in
the calculus resources. For instance, students who may be struggling
with their
calculus class can use the collection for extra instruction and
practice.
Others can move ahead of their class at their own pace. Still others can
use it
to brush up for the AP Calculus exam.
Educators can use the videos to "flip" their classes,
allowing
the videos to serve as content presentation and freeing them to use
their class
time to help individual students. Likewise, they can integrate the
materials
into their existing curricula or build a brand new curriculum with the
OER as
its basis.
"Curriki has taken another step in realizing the
vision of a
complete series of OER collections spanning K-12 STEM and English
language
arts," said Curriki CEO Kim Jones.
Since Common Core standards do not include calculus,
the
materials are aligned with the Indiana Academic Standards for
Mathematics —
Calculus. Those standards cover the College Board's description of an AP
calculus course.
The Curriki Calculus collection has been funded by Huawei
Enterprise, a global information technology provider.
"It is our goal that all schools will be able to
provide
anytime-anywhere access to online learning resources like this," said
Huawei
Enterprise COO Jane Li.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.