Swinburne's online resources commended

Swinburne University of Technology’s innovative MathsCasts teaching project has been recognised in the prestigious NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition.

About MathsCasts

MathsCasts is part of an international research collaborative between Swinburne, the University of Limerick in Ireland and Loughborough University in England.

The joint project produces high quality resources aimed at supporting first-year undergraduates, online tutorial videos that explain how to solve various mathematical problems.

Photo: Professor Gilly Salmon

Swinburne’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning Transformations) Professor Gilly Salmon said Swinburne was the only Victorian university, and one of very few Australian universities, included in the US edition of the report.

This year a special NMC Horizon Report will be produced in Australia and Professor Salmon will serve on the national panel.

MathsCasts resources are available from:

• Swinburne Commons
• iTunesU
• mathscasts.org

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Source: Swinburne University Media Centre