Using Mediawiki In The Classroom

• I find it very easy to develop then deliver lectures with Mediawiki
• Mediawiki has well tested, powerful features, (It runs Wikipedia),

Including:

• Tex formula, e.g. fundamental theorem of calculus:

Let ƒ be a continuous real-valued function defined on a closed interval [a, b]. Let F be the function defined, for all x in [a, b], by
$F(x) = \int_a^x f(t)\, dt\,.$
Then, F is continuous on [a, b], differentiable on the open interval (a, b), and
$F'(x) = f(x)\,$
for all x in (a, b).

• Images
  File:FTC geometric.svg

  The area shaded in red stripes can be estimated as h times ƒ(x). Alternatively, if the function A(x) were known, it could be computed as A(x + h) − A(x). These two values are approximately equal, particularly for small h.

For a continuous function Template:Nowrap whose graph is plotted as a curve, each value of x has a corresponding area function A(x), representing the area beneath the curve between 0 and x. The function A(x) may not be known, but it is given that it represents the area under the curve.

• Links to other websites (e.g. Fundamental Theorem of Calculus)
• Links to other pages within Class notes (e.g. surveys).
• Powerpoint slides (e.g. homework)
• Code (to download or cut and paste into Matlab, Maple, or Mathematica, etc. See my lecture on Bayesian Filtering)

Additionally, Mediawiki is

• Free and open source
• Collaborative (e.g. Instructor and TAs can have, but students need not have, edit privileges)