HigherEd 2.0

First, I dug up some videos off my hard drive which are solutions to some recent problems from class. Shortly, I’ll also post PDFs of the students solutions to these problems. But in the meantime, feel free to have a look.
Second, some of you may not have explored the publisher’s web site just […]

 

 Video solution: Prob. 4-9: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Video solution: Prob. 4-36: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Video: accessing the companion website: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Welcome to the course, and get ready for some interesting and exciting learning. This blog is the location you will visit to collect course materials, download podcasts and videos, discover and collaborate on homework assignments, and generally share course information. I hope that you will actively participate and support each other’s learning by […]

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Yes, I know, I have been a bit delinquent on posting recordings of the lectures. I will try to remedy this soon, but I’ve been a bit too time constrained to create a separate time to record.
In the meantime, blow off some steam with Insurgo. It’s a truss-building scheme in which […]

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There is a thread of comments attached to this post which may be useful if you are looking for a group to join. Use that forum to self-assemble into groups over the next day or so.

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Here’s some information about exam 2, and if you have any questions or comments, post them here…

Date and time: April 3, 7-9 pm
Location: MEC 205
Coverage: Ch. 5 (sec. 5.1-5.5 + 5.8), Ch. 6 (sec. 6.1-6.7), Ch. 7 (sec. 7.1-7.4)
Groundrules: pledged (duh), 1 sheet of information 8.5 x 11, both […]

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I recently read this article about Twitter. The idea is that you (i) get a twitter account (free!), (ii) then sign up to “follow” the twitter postings (“tweets”) of various people. Those messages are then delivered straight to your phone or to your online twitter account (you choose). For instance, I am […]

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You may recall that the first day of class, you took a few minutes to do a “concept review”–four questions which asked you to recall what you learned in statics. The point of this was two-fold: (i) it helps remind you of what’s important, and also highlights what you know and don’t know, and […]

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I have just been compiling some statistics about the project that I want to share with you.
The Wiki The course wiki was popular, especially in the last day or two before the exam (as expected). I must admit that this data is a bit incomplete, because I have not verified that the Javascript […]

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They are now available on Toolkit. And all your materials have been filed in your folders outside my office. Some things to note:

Overall average for the course was about 81.1%. This is a bit higher than I expected, but a very welcome surprise.
As such, there was very little-to-zero curve on […]

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The final exam has been graded and is filed in your folder outside my door. You can check your final grades on Toolkit, but first here is some information about the final exam.

The average on the final is 74.59%. This was a challenging exam for sure.
Grade distribution was okay, and you […]

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