Virtual Programming
2025
Virtual Program
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- Jan 29, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
- This webinar invites mathematics faculty to explore generative AI tools in a way that is approachable, practical, and grounded in our professional context. Rather than advocating for technological adoption for its own sake, we will introduce low-barrier methods for experimenting with generative AI that may enhance various aspects of faculty work. By engaging with these tools in small, manageable ways, participants can gain firsthand experience to better understand the potential, the limits, and the broader implications of AI in academia. Our goal is not to prescribe the use of technology but to offer a space for open exploration—fostering a critical understanding that empowers participants to decide for themselves how, or if, these technologies might fit into their teaching, research, or administrative roles.
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Virtual Programming Archive
MAA Distinguished Lecture Series
The MAA, with the generous support of the NSA, is proud to present a series of public lectures. The series features some of the foremost experts within the field of mathematics, known for their ability to make current mathematical ideas accessible to non-specialists, and provides a fabulous and fun learning opportunity for both professionals and students, as well as anyone interested in learning more about current trends in mathematics and the relationship between mathematics and broader scientific, engineering and technological endeavors.
Fall 2024
- Date and Time: August 21, 2024 3:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizers and Presenters: Gizem Karaali and Lew Ludwig
- Description: Are you unsure how to address AI in your classroom? Wondering how to effectively manage AI usage among your students? Join us for the one-hour online webinar “No Robot Left Behind: Crafting an AI-Smart Syllabus” where we will guide you through shaping your syllabus to incorporate clear and effective AI policies. This session will focus on defining acceptable AI practices, instructing students on how to properly cite AI contributions, and discussing how faculty leverage AI tools in this process. Equip yourself with the knowledge to create a balanced, fair, and academically rigorous environment as you prepare for the semester ahead.
- Date and Time: November 12, 2024 3:30-4:45 PM ET
- Organizers and Moderators: Erin Moss and Jana Talley
- Panelists: Suzanne Doree, April Strom, Patrice Waller, and Sean Yee
- Description: This panel is for anyone wanting to know more about grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education. Whether you are developing your project, working on a concrete proposal, or just looking to meet people who are involved in this work, this panel will be helpful. We will focus on the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, since it is a common source of funding for MAA members, but we welcome all aspiring grant writers. Panelists will include recent Principal Investigators for IUSE projects who will talk about different aspects of the grant-writing process as well as NSF DUE program officers who will talk about their general experiences and advice. There will be extensive time for free-flowing questions from the audience, and the NSF program officers will be happy to continue to connect with people throughout the application cycles.
- This event was partially supported by National Science Foundation Award No. DUE-2111260.
- Date and Time: December 10, 2024 3:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Jeffrey Kuan
- Description: This presentation will delve into the unique challenges involved in creating accessible documents for mathematics. The session will provide a demonstration of several current accessibility tools, as well as how they work with various assistive technologies. In addition to exploring these tools, the presentation will address common pitfalls and mistakes that can hinder accessibility efforts, equipping participants with practical strategies to avoid them. This event is ideal for anyone involved in the creation, review, or distribution of mathematical documents and seeks to build a stronger foundation for accessible practices within the mathematical sciences community.
- This event was hosted in collaboration with the American Mathematical Society.
Fall 2023
- Date and Time: September 19, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Lew Ludwig
- Description: In this presentation, we will tackle questions about AI posed by attendees during registration, offer actionable strategies for discussing generative AI with your students, and showcase practical AI applications that faculty can integrate to enhance teaching and familiarize themselves with this emerging technology.
Summer 2023
- Dates and Times: July 10, 14, 17 from 3:00-5:00 PM ET each day
- Organizer: Robin Cruz
- Presenters: Robin Cruz, Danny Glin, Gavin LaRose, and Stacey Rodman
- Description: The Getting Started with WeBWorK workshop will support faculty adopt the online homework and assessment system WeBWorK in their classes. WeBWorK is an open-source application that instructors may use to help their students better learn mathematics. In this workshop participants will learn about the assessment features in WeBWorK, as well as how to perform the administrative tasks needed to use it, including how to enroll students, make homework assignments, create online quizzes and edit homework problems.
- Date and Time: August 9, 2023 from 12:00-3:30 PM ET
- Organizer: May Mei
- Presenters: May Mei, Rick Gillman, Abbe Herzig, Michael Dorff, Jason Douma, Lew Ludwig, and Mary Pilgrim
- Description: This workshop is for external reviewers, both new and experienced, as well as departments that plan on undergoing an external review. We will provide an overview of the guidelines put out by the Committee on Program Reviews, TPSE COME-IN, the MAA curriculum guide, and the MAA instructional practices guide.
- This workshop was presented by The MAA Committee on Program Review and co-sponsored by Transforming Post-Secondary Education (TPSE) in Math.
Spring 2023
- Dates and Times: March 28 & April 4, 2023 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Joshua Holden
- Description: Kumihimo is an ancient Japanese braiding technique which involves 8, 16, or more strands of fiber which are braided while being suspended from a frame or plate. We will learn how to make a simple Kumihimo braid and also explore its mathematical symmetries, which might surprise you!
- Date and Time: April 26, 2023 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Ricardo Teixeira
- Description: There are several innovative ways to use Recreational Mathematics in Higher Education. This workshop will showcase a university professor to exhibit experience in teaching different mathematical topics at higher education level, from basic to advanced mathematics, with the use of magic tricks. There will be discussion about hands-on activities to be performed with students at various levels, revealing mathematical tricks, giving hints based on years of experience. A wide number of books will be also mentioned to encourage participants to advance in their possibilities. Material will be created and distributed, all based on published peer-reviewed articles and textbooks. An analysis of how much more higher education students get engaged when they have fun with mathematics will also be shared.
- Date and Time: May 23, 2023 from 2:00-3:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Lew Ludwig
- Description: Join the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for an engaging webinar that dives into the fascinating world of ChatGPT. We will begin by providing an overview of ChatGPT, explaining its architecture and capabilities. The session will then delve into potential pitfalls, addressing ethical concerns and limitations of large language models. Shifting to the promises of ChatGPT, we will examine its applications as a teaching tool for a range of learning activities, including drafting content, generating review questions, and encouraging students to critique AI-produced solutions. Finally, attendees will be invited to share ideas focused on practical uses and implementation strategies of ChatGPT within their classrooms.
Fall 2022
- Date and Time: October 18 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Michael N Johnson III
- Presenters: Michael N Johnson III, Brittany Gelb, and Ashka Dalal
- Description: Undergraduate students that attend this presentation will learn more about starting or advancing a career in mathematics. We’ll discuss how to network, seek career mentorship, and pursue career-building opportunities in mathematics such as research, study-abroad, and teaching programs.
- Dates and Times: October 27 & November 3, 2022 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Joshua Holden
- Description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has determined that the forms of public-key cryptography which are commonly taught in undergraduate number theory and abstract algebra courses will soon become obsolete due to quantum computers. Luckily, there are “post-quantum” cryptographic algorithms which are still accessible to undergraduates and we will outline some of them.
- Date and Time: November 9, 2022 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizers and Presenters: Steve Kokoska and Gail Burrill
- Description: As an educator involved in the teaching of AP Calculus, the first year of college calculus or the preparation of secondary teachers of mathematics, you are encouraged to attend this virtual program. The Calculus Summit will provide perspectives from high school and college calculus instructors and will facilitate discussions around some of the topics that pertain to AP Calculus and the first year of college calculus
- Date and Time: November 16, 2022 from 2:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Sheila Tabanli
- Description: This presentation is specifically designed for undergraduate mathematics instructors who are purposefully seeking for hands-on instructional strategies stemmed from the science of learning to enhance students’ math learning experiences. The components of the presented framework can be easily adopted as low-stakes assessments to transform classrooms into student-centered learning spaces.
Spring 2022
- Date and Time: February 10, 2022 from 2:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Tim Chartier
- Presenters: Tim Chartier and Felesia Stukes
- Description: This program will focus on data analytics in the context of sports analytics. Learn analytics for teams, fans, and research outlets. Need a place to start? If you have interest, there is a place for you to begin.
- Date and Time: February 16, 2022 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizer and Presenter: Sunnie Jackson
- Description: How to engage students by utilizing several different technologies including Windows Ink Workspace (or a similar apple tool), Microsoft Edge, Poll Everywhere, and the chat. Participants will walk away with concrete ideas and tools that can be used to engage their students.
- Dates and Times: March 3, 10, & 17 from 3:00-4:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Mortaza Jamshidian
- Presenters: Mortaza Jamshidian and Carlos Valencia
- Description: The move toward an increased emphasis on teaching foundational concepts in our introductory statistics courses (GAISE 2016) begs the use of technology. With the rise of a dizzying number of technology options, we will share our experience in selecting technology in this three-part series and give a preliminary walk-through of how we use software to introduce data exploration and inference.
- Dates and Times: April 12 & May 3, 2022 from 2:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Ed Aboufadel
- Presenters: Ed Aboufadel, Jennifer J. Quinn, Jill Dietz, and Padhu Seshaiyer
- Description: Focusing on hiring practices, this workshop will identify current and emerging best practices, informed by the work of the MAA’s Committee on Faculty & Departments, as well as other sources.
- Date and Time: April 20, 2022 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Caroline Maher-Boulis
- Presenters: Kiera Edwards, Vinodh Chellamuthu, Caroline Maher-Boulis, Chad Topaz, and Ryan Hebert
- Description: Business, Industry and Government (BIG) has been trending as the ideal sectors for securing careers in mathematical sciences. In our effort to keep exploring the several career opportunities for students and math professionals, we would like to delve deeper and explore nonprofit careers. During this panel, we will specifically discuss various careers in the nonprofit sector and ways we can strengthen the pipeline for students to become involved with the intersection of math and social justice issues.
Fall 2021
- Date and Time: September 22, 2021 from 5:00-6:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Richard Schugart
- Presenters: Richard Schugart, Elizabeth Donovan, Pamela E. Harris, Lesley Wiglesworth, and Vicky Klima
- Description: An experienced panel will share their diverse approaches to undergraduate research and discuss their successes and challenges conducting undergraduate research during the pandemic. The conversation will focus on how to build on these experiences to strengthen undergraduate research programs going forward. Panelists include Beth Donovan, Pam Harris, and Lesley Wiglesworth. All panelists have worked extensively with undergraduate researchers and two have previously co-written about building online undergraduate research communities.
- Dates and Times: September 27 & October 11, 2021 from 3:00-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Tim Chartier
- Presenters: Tim Chartier, Amy N. Langville, Kathryn E. Pedings-Behling, and Tyler Perini
- Description: In this seminar, we will explore a “you’re doing it”, innovative approach to teaching Calculus, also known as deconstructing the Calculus classroom. We will explore and create active, personalized, and embodied ways to engage students in concepts they may have only memorized in the past.
- October 7, 2021 from 2:00-3:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Sandra Laursen
- Presenters: Sandra Laursen, Stan Yoshinobu, and Tim Archie
- Description: Carrying out professional development online saves travel money, reduces ecological impact, and makes professional learning more accessible for many people. We’ll share what we’ve learned about conducting in-depth workshops in ways that session participants can apply in planning their own professional learning opportunities, online and face-to-face too.
- Dates and Times: October 20 & 27, 2021 from 5:00-6:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Jim Sandefur
- Presenter: Jim Sandefur, Erblin Mehmetaj, and Michael Raney
- Description: To help understand students’ struggles, we will watch and discuss short videos of Sandefur’s students attempting proofs, and will consider some problems ourselves. Guided by research on how students learn proving and the participants own teaching experiences, we will develop a better understanding of students’ difficulties with certain aspects of learning to prove and what we can do to support them.
- Dates and Times: October 26 & 28, 2021 from 1:00-3:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Brian Winkel
- Presenters: Brian Winkel and Leigh Noble
- Description: For colleagues who wish to motivate and enrich the study of differential equations through a modeling first and throughout approach, we offer experiences in several proven modeling activities and time for discussion and reflection on how to incorporate these approaches and activities in their coursework. We offer practical experiences and exchanges, as well as all materials, while so much more is freely available at our OER SIMIODE Community of Practice, www.simiode.org
- Dates and Times: November 2 & 3 from 2:00-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Katie Mawhinney
- Presenters: Katherine Mawhinney, Katrina Palmer, Tracey Howell, and Gregory Rhoads
- Description: Interested in developing just-in-time mathematics support for students? Co-requisite courses are becoming a popular tool for mathematics departments looking to increase student success in key mathematics courses. This virtual session will share several distinct examples of support course structures utilized by a variety of institutions. We will also engage with a framework for planning that will be useful for departments interested in developing their own support or co-requisite courses.
Summer 2021
- Date and Time: May 12, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Doug Ensley
- Presenters: Doug Ensley, Emily Braley, Erica Miller, Jessica M. Libertini, and Gulden Karakok
- Description: To help individuals engage with the MAA Instructional Practices Guide (IP Guide), we developed a 10-week Book Study Guide. During this webinar, we will introduce the Book Study Guide and attendees will participate in an interactive session that will prepare them to lead their own IP Guide book study group.
- Dates and Times: May 25 & May 27, 2021 from 1:00-3:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Jane H. Long
- Presenters: Jane H. Long and Lauren Rose
- Description: Attendees will have the experience of being both a participant and a presenter in a Math Circle setting, and will learn problem solving strategies as well as tools for starting their own Math Circles, both virtual and in person.
- Dates and Times: June 2, 9, & 16 from 3:00-4:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Christine Andrews-Larson
- Presenters: Christine Andrews-Larson, David Plaxco, Matthew Mauntel, Jessica L. Smith, Minah Kim, and Mark Watford
- Description: This session is for participants interested in learning about inquiry-oriented approaches to teaching linear algebra. Participants will be provided with an overview of the instructional design theory and research base informing the development of the instructional materials, an opportunity to experience this form of mathematical learning environment in the context of subspaces, and opportunities to discuss their reasoning about mathematical and pedagogical issues with fellow attendees and research project personnel.
- This event was partially supported by National Science Foundation Award No. DUE-914793.
- Dates and Times: June 7, June 14, June 21, & June 28, 2021 from 7:00-8:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Jennifer Austin
- Presenters: Jennifer Austin, Milica Cudina, Shinko Harper, Eric Staron
- Sessions: What Are the Yields?, Timeline: From Present Value to Future Value, Nuts & Bolts of Actuarial Science Courses, Alumni Panel of Professionals Working in the Actuarial Industry at Various Levels
- Description: The University of Texas at Austin Actuarial Science Program is offering a four-part series “So, You Want to be an Actuary?” that is aimed at both undergraduates at 2-year and 4-year colleges that do not currently have actuarial science programs and for faculty at such institutions. The series includes: (i) why a school might offer an actuarial program and why students might consider an actuarial major/career path, (ii) the CAS & SOA paths and exams, (iii) the courses a university would offer in an actuarial program, both undergraduate and graduate, and the formal actuarial training students would receive through their academic career, and (iv) an alumni panel.
- Dates and Times: June 8, June 15, June 22, June 29, 2021 from 4:00-5:30 PM ET
- Organizers and Presenters: Annalisa Crannell, Fumiko Futamura, and Marc Frantz
- Sessions: Introduction to Perspective Drawing, Desargues’ Theorem, The Cross-Ratio, Projective Collineations
- Description: Play with hands-on, practical art puzzles that motivate the mathematics of projective geometry. We’ll explore activities in perspective drawing or photography that lead to activities in problem solving and proof suitable for a sophomore-level proofs class. No artistic experience is required!
- Dates and Times: June 10, June 24, July 8, July 22, August 19, 2021 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET
- Organizers: Benjamin Atchison, Manmohan Kaur, and Jason Parsley
- Sessions: Remote Mathematics Assessment with Multiple Modalities: Accurately Assessing with a Combination of Online Homework System Assignments, Written Work, Video Assignments and Oral Interviews, Producing Videos and Other Asynchronous Content for Students – Pedagogy and Practicality, Using Flipgrid, Classroom Stats, and Other Apps for Remote Instruction, and Ensuring Equity and Accessibility When Teaching Online
- Description: The five-part CTME Series on Remote Instruction and Assessment of Mathematics will focus on several critical aspects of remote teaching and learning. Invited speakers with present on topics such as assessment, equity and accessibility, and the production of asynchronous content.
- Dates and Times: June 23, June 30, July 14 and July 21, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 PM ET
- Organizers: William Green and Katharine Ott
- Panelists: Anant Godbole, Nsoki Mavinga, Nathan Pennington, Mihai Stoiciu, Yunus Zeytuncu, Pamela Gorkin, Luda Korobenko, Chris Marx, Katie Oliveras, Bill Ross, Cynthia Flores, William Johnston, Virginia (Anne) Noonburg, Ami Radunskaya, Cesar E. Silva, Brian Winkel, David Cruz-Uribe, Richard S. Laugesen, Christina Selby, Betsy Stovall, Kelly Yancey
- Sessions: Starting and Sustaining Undergraduate Research in Analysis and DEs, Keeping Research Alive, Professional Engagement Beyond Research, Our Role in the Future of Analysis and DEs
- Description: This professional development series is aimed at supporting, connecting, and inspiring faculty who work at primarily undergraduate institutions. More specifically, there will be discussion on topics such as research with undergraduates, how to remain engaged in professional development and growth, and ways to connect with and contribute to our greater community. The panelists will be specialists in analysis and differential equations but the discussion will be of interest to a wide range of faculty at all career levels and specialties who work at primarily undergraduate institutions.
- Dates and Times: July 6 & 8, 2021 from 2:30-4:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Paul Seeburger
- Presenters: Paul Seeburger, Mary Cameron, Larry Green, Brent Krueger, Delmar Larsen
- Description: This course will walk participants through the process of customizing an OER textbook for one of their math courses on the LibreTexts platform. LibreTexts includes a WYSIWYG content editor to seamlessly edit textbook content, using LaTeX to format math content. The presenter has used LibreTexts to adapt textbooks for his courses in calculus and algebra.
- Dates and Times: July 7, 14, 21, & 28 from 3:00-4:30 PM ET
- Organizers and Presenters: Monica VanDieren, Robin Cruz, Marianna Bonanome, and Stacey Rodman
- Description: WeBWorK is an open-source homework system for mathematics that is used by over 750 secondary and post-secondary institutions across the world with a repository of over 60,000 questions for a variety of mathematics courses from algebra through calculus and even differential equations, linear algebra, and discrete mathematics. The purpose of this interactive series of workshops is to support faculty in adopting WeBWorK into their classes so that they may be better equipped to help students learn mathematics.
Spring 2021
- Date and Time: March 23, 2021 from 3:00-4:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Emilie Purvine
- Presenters: Emilie Purvine, Jack Bookman, Emily Braley, Amy Cohen, Dave Kung, and Rebecca Swanson
- Description: VITAL faculty — those which are Visiting, Instructors, Teaching assistants, Adjunct, and Lecturers – play a critical instructional role in higher education. In this webinar a diverse panel of mathematics faculty will discuss data about VITAL faculty, the different types of support that VITAL faculty most need, and some current efforts by MAA to support VITAL and graduate student professional development. There will be opportunities provided for the audience to participate in the discussion and to help answer the question “What can the MAA do better support VITAL faculty?”
- Dates and Times: April 6 & 8, 2021 from 3:00-4:15 PM ET
- Organizer: Jessica OShaughnessy
- Presenters: Jessica OShaughnessy, Amanda Harsy, Jeb Collins, and Alyssa Hoofnagle
- Description: Grading is becoming more challenging than ever. Mastery grading allows instructors to accurately assess a student’s current knowledge, and provides students multiple opportunities to improve and learn from their mistakes without sacrificing rigor. In this workshop, we will introduce the ideas of mastery grading, its strengths, and how to implement mastery grading in your own courses.
- Date and Time: April 15, 2021 from 1:00-3:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Audrey Malagon
- Presenters: Lisa Driskell, Audrey Malagon, and Brian Winkel
- Description: This two-hour, one day minicourse will engage participants in teaching with modeling in differential equations by having them work through a prepared module for remote teaching. They will have the opportunity to work with experienced faculty and peers to discuss best practices and plan ways to incorporate modeling pedagogy in their differential equations courses in a variety of formats – face to face, hybrid, and remote/online.
- Date and Time: April 20, 2021 from 3:00-4:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Vilma Mesa
- Presenters: Vilma Mesa, Claire Wladis, Laura Watkins, April Strӧm, Irene Duranczyk, Susan Bickerstaff, Megan Breit-Goodwin, and Ann Sitomer
- Description: In this session we highlight collaborative research by community college mathematics education practitioners-researchers who seek to understand and improve the teaching of mathematics at community colleges. While most of the community college research focuses on student outcomes in mathematics at these institutions, in this session we showcase the work of four groups of scholars who focus on key aspects of mathematical instruction.
- Dates and Times: April 26, 28, 29, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 PM ET
- Organizer: Victor Donnay
- Presenters: Victor J. Donnay and Thomas J. Pfaff
- Description: Society is facing an existential crisis from climate change and its ramifications. An important contribution we can make is educating our students on how to use mathematics to understand and devise solutions to our changing climate. This minicourse will show you how.
- Dates and Times: May 4, 2021 from 3:30-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Chris Rasmussen
- Panelists: Chris Rasmussen, David R. Grant, Wendy Smith, David C. Webb, Michael O’Sullivan, and Allan Donsig
- Description: Panelists in this session will share findings and insights from six case studies of mathematics departments at varied institutions that have successfully transformed their precalculus and calculus courses to improve student success. Case studies were conducted as part of a five-year National Science Foundation project whose goal is to better understand the conditions, strategies, interventions and actions at the departmental and classroom levels that contribute to the initiation, implementation, and sustainability of active learning in the undergraduate precalculus and calculus sequence.
- Date and Time: May 6, 2021 from 3:30-5:00 PM ET
- Organizer: Sepideh Stewart
- Panelist: Sepideh Stewart, Sheldon Axler, Minerva Catral, Gurshon Harel, Judith McDonald, and Eugene Boman
- Description: In 1993, the Linear Algebra Curriculum Study Group (LACSG) initiated a set of recommendations (reference), including a core syllabus for the first course in linear algebra. In 2018, almost three decades later, with support from NSF, a new committee was established (LACSG 2.0) and started revising those recommendations. The LACSG 2.0 committee has been rethinking many issues surrounding teaching and preparing students for the future job market. This panel will highlight some of the results of this collaboration and presents a vision (Stewart et al., under review) for the future of linear algebra, and offers a new set of recommendations and a core syllabus for both first and second courses in linear algebra.
References:
Carlson, D., Johnson, C.R., Lay, D. C., & Porter, A. D. The linear algebra curriculum study group recommendations for the first course in linear algebra. The College Mathematics Journal, 24(1), 41–46, 1993.
Stewart, S., Axler, S., Beezer, R., Boman, E., Catral, M., Harel, G., McDonald, J., Strong, D., & Wawro, M. The linear algebra curriculum study group (LACSG 2.0) recommendations (under review).