1. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics Daniela Velichová Department of Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Faculty Slovak University of Technology

2. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics European project within the Leonardo da Vinci scheme coordinator – Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic partners – 6 universities from the European countries (BG, CZ, ES, HU, IE, UK) – 2 educational non-governmental organisations (SK, FI)

3. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - partners University of Plovdiv, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgaria University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Plzeň, Czech Republic Miskolc University in Hungary University of Limerick, Ireland University of Salamanca, Spain Faculty of Informatics and Computing, Coventry University, United Kingdom http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk Tullossilta, Finland Slovak Society for Geometry and Graphics, SR

4. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - reasons declining level of mathematical knowledge among secondary school graduates decreasing numbers of students at hard sciences and technical study programmes unsatisfactory study results and success rates in the first years of university studies traditional ways of teaching mathematical subjects, including geometry general trends all over the world

5. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - needs to upgrade the overall level of mathematical knowledge to promote new methods in teaching Mathematics, as e-learning and blended solutions (PC + consultations) to improve the quality of and free access to training materials for mathematical subjects at many different forms – consultations on-line, web-based learning support, interactive calculations, database of e-learning materials

6. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - objectives improving the understanding of mathematics for a wide range of students improving the skills and competencies of teachers and trainers in utilising e- learning resources for mathematical education supporting the process of innovation in mathematical education through blended solutions

7. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - aims to provide a consultancy service in Maths on all levels and in both electronic or personal form to promote e-learning in Maths to help teachers and trainers in developing and authorship of their own electronic learning materials

8. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics – basic ideas To foster trans-national cooperation within the common framework of EVLM Portal To form network of National Centres of Mathematics located at the partner institutions To create platform for dissemination of relevant information To maintain virtual database for sharing all available resources To provide training on how to develop and use quality electronic learning materials in Maths (including Geometry)

9. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics – target groups students from secondary school up to PhD. students secondary school teachers, trainers, university lecturers, researchers or scientists any interested party from the non- academic sphere, from the industry, research and development any training organisations, schools and universities providing continuous education and distance learning or life- long learning private individuals and home self-learners

10. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - outcomes official EVLM Portal serving as a common virtual communication and working environment National Centres of Mathematics promoting new advanced e-learning methods for education of Maths dissemination of information about available educational sources virtual database of resources dealing with mathematical topics expert consultancy on special mathematical topics

11. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - impact to introduce a change into the education of mathematics to raise the awarness about the existence of new training methods and enhance competencies of educators, teachers and tutors to enhance the role of mathematics in the general education to stress the importance of mathematics as a scientific field

12. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - cooperation on institutional level - through the National Centres of Mathematics at universities in national languages on national level – through the National Portals in different countries in national languages and in English (partners) on trans-national level - through the EVLM Portal in English (coordinator)

13. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - expectations innovation of teaching Maths using new ways, sharing and utilising existing and newly created educational materials blended solution – usage of different educational forms, tools and materials to enhance synergetic effect dissemination of information on available resources in printed or electronic form in virtual database free acces to e-learning educational modules and materials on Internet

14. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - expectations improvement in Maths understanding fostered by providing shared consultancy for any theoretical or practical request better image of Mathematics in the society - raised interest and increased importance platform for cooperation of different target groups from different countries within virtual framework of networking partner organisations in the European research area

15. European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics - invitation Any interested party is invited to join the project in a long-term perspective Links to your e-learning portals and databases of freely accessible e-learning materials can be included at the EVLM central portal We kindly ask you to disseminate information about to EVLM Central portal and insert links to the address above at your web-pages evlm.stuba.skevlm.stuba.sk www.evlm.stuba.sk www.evlm.stuba.sk evlm.stuba.skwww.evlm.stuba.sk