Designing Math Exercises for MOOCs Courses at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

Authors

  • Hong Nhung Nguyen HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5118-5043
  • Phuong Dung Phan Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam
  • Thi Thanh Hai Le Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Ly Hoang Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam
  • Le Thi Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam
  • Thi Mai Trang Le Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Corressponding author's email:

nhungnh@hcmute.edu.vn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54644/jte.2024.1393

Keywords:

MOOCs, Multiple-choice questions, Matching questions, Essay tests, Mind map

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has become a strong motive for widely adoptation of online education in the World, especially in the higher education. Online education will become a prevalant educational method in 2025. With a desire of creating an educational ecosystem UTE 4.0, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education has been creating and implementing about 100 MOOCs courses for students since 2019. This paper presents the method for designing Mathematics exercises on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on the online training system of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (UTEX). Each exercise category has been designed suitable with the MOOCs format, which will ensure the online course to be delivered effectively. For each of the exercise category, we will start with the rationale principles, follow by examples and conclude with key design guidances.

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Author Biographies

Hong Nhung Nguyen, HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Nguyen Hong Nhung received a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from Hai Phong University in 2004 and a Master of science degree in Mathematics from VNU - University of Science  in 2007. Since 2007, she has been a lecturer at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education, teaching Advanced Mathematics, Mathematics for Engineers, and Applied of Probability Statistics. Her research interests includes Probability Statistics, Data Science, Machine Learning and Educational Science. Email: nhungnh@hcmute.edu.vn. ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5118-5043

Phuong Dung Phan, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Phan Phuong Dung received the Bachelor and Master of Mathematics at Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy in 2011 and 2014. Since 2011 until now, she has been teaching and doing research at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE). Her research interest includes algebraic topology, topological geometry, optimization and learning machine. She also interests of teaching methods, especial of online teaching. Email: dungpp@hcmute.edu.vn

Thi Thanh Hai Le, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Le Thi Thanh Hai received the Bachelor and Master of Mathematics at Ho Chi Minh City University of Sciences in 2003 and 2007. Since 2005 until now, she has been teaching and doing research at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE). Her research interest includes calculus, optimization and economics mathematics. She also interests of teaching methods, especial of online teaching. Email: hailtt@hcmute.edu.vn

Nguyen Ly Hoang, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Hoang Nguyen Ly received the Bachelor and Master of Science, major in Physics and Mathematics at Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Russia in 2007. Since 2007, she has been a lecturer at the Faculty Applied Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE), teaching Advanced Mathematics, Mathematics for Engineers. Her research interest is Calculus and Mathematical Physics. In addition, she also focuses on and has been participated in educational methodology innovation project like BUILD-IT, UTEX Online Learning Platform. Email: lyhn@hcmute.edu.vn

Le Thi Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Nguyen Le Thi  received the Bachelor and Master of Mathematics at Ho Chi Minh City University of Sciences in 2014 and 2016. Since 2017 until now, she has been teaching and doing research at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE). Her research interest includes calculus, optimization mathematics and numerical analysis.  She also interests of teaching methods, especial of online teaching. Email: thinl@hcmute.edu.vn

Thi Mai Trang Le, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Le Thi Mai Trang received the Bachelor of Mathematics at Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy in 2019 and Master of Mathematics at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science in 2011. Since 2010 until now, she has been teaching and doing research at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE). Her research interest includes calculus, probability and statistics.  She also interests of teaching methods. Email: trangltm@hcmute.edu.vn

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Published

28-02-2024

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N. H. N. Nguyen, P. P. D. Phan, L. T. T. H. Le, H. N. L. Hoang, N. L. T. Nguyen, and L. T. M. T. Le, “Designing Math Exercises for MOOCs Courses at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education”, JTE, vol. 19, no. 01, pp. 82–93, Feb. 2024.

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