Défi
Professor Ranferi Gutierrez wanted an online learning solution to enhance his teaching and help students bridge the gap between traditional teaching methods and newer technological tools.
Solution
Gutierrez began using Maple in his classroom, creating assignments using Maple to introduce his students to the software and experience the way it allowed them to replicate and enhance traditional methods of teaching, and to manipulate figures and formulas that had previously been static.
Résultat
Gutierrez’s work with Maple eventually convinced other instructors of its benefits and it is now widely used at the University. More and more students and professors are embracing the technology and experiencing the many benefits it provides to simplify and improve the efficiency of STEM education.
Professor Ranferi Gutierrez has long been a proponent of online educational solutions as a supplement to, and possible replacement for, more traditional teaching methods. When giving lectures at the Universidad Rafael Landivar in Guatemala, he uses technology tools like Maple to bring his classes to life, to keep students engaged and to offer them an easy way to understand complex mathematical concepts.
Though access to online educational tools was limited in Gutierrez’s home country when he was a student, he became interested in computer simulation programs through his studies in mathematics and physics. “Utilizing computers as an educational tool is still a relatively new idea in Guatemala,” Gutierrez said. “We hardly had one computer at the University de San Carlos de Guatemala, where I completed my undergraduate studies.”
When he started teaching a Calculus course in vector analysis at the Universidad Rafael Landivar in 2001, Gutierrez began developing his first lessons using limited resources, while trying to find advanced technology to help in teaching. He began looking for a new software tool that would allow him to solve simple problems like drawing quadratic surfaces, to replace the black and white textbook photocopies he was using. One of his students who was using Maple V introduced Gutierrez to the software. “I asked him to create some quadratic surfaces, from different angles, and I printed them on acetate so I could use them in my classes,” Gutierrez said. “It worked really well, and I became a fan of Maple, although at the time, I was still not aware of Maple’s full potential. As I gained experience with Maple’s full set of features, I knew it would be of great benefit to my students.”
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