1. University of Exeter Sigma Project Oliver Bond

2. A bit about me Oliver Bond Just completed first year at University of Exeter studying maths Created online resources for other students throughout the year (e.g. worked solutions, online revision sessions, course notes) Also a course representative with SSLC.

3. Background There are already many mathematical resources available for students online, such as: –YouTube videos –mathcentre.ac.uk –nrich.org.uk –mei.org.uk –ocw.mit.edu However, a lot of these resources are dispersed and not easily navigable. Also, a lot of these resources are fairly static on web pages – and not a lot of room for community input (i.e. from students and staff)

4. Our project Our aims: To collect, evaluate and recommend different online resources for certain topics and to put these websites into an easily accessible database. To create a community website to enable staff and students to communicate and share resources and expertise. To explore the potential of Web 2.0 to create an interactive community support site (e.g. online drop-in clinics, discussion boards, wikis etc.).

5. Where would this be? labspace.open.ac.uk –for example: http://labspace.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=659 7 http://labspace.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=659 7 Labspace is a hub for online educational resources, which can be developed by the community. This is an implementation of Moodle, which is used by some universities as their VLEs.

6. Rough timescales The project will be carried out over 8 weeks: –Weeks 1-2: Reviewing existing resources and working out where they are for each topic (a mapping exercise) –Weeks 3-7: Building the community site and developing new resources where appropriate. –Week 8: Evaluation from the other project students?