Students have indicated to me that they learn a lot by getting instant feedback on incorrect answers and being able to re-tackle their weak areas. With Mallard, instructors have a large number of utilities that allow them to teach more effectively, including detailed student logs and allowing student progress to be observed before assignments are due. Since quizzes are submitted and graded on-line, the instructor does not have to collect, correct or even record grades. Questions can be either randomly generated or selected, so different students can be given different quizzes and the same student can see a different quiz each time he or she retakes a quiz. Mallard also provides administrative utilities for ordinary instructor tasks such as maintaining class announcements, and merging Mallard and non-Mallard grades.
Mallard is designed to let teachers teach the way they want.
Mallard integrates into whatever course format is desired and can be used for stand-alone remote learning, or as an adjunct for an otherwise traditional course. 5951 Conference on Consciousness set The First International Conference on Consciousness in Science and Philosophy will take place Nov. 6-7 in Charleston. The Eastern Illinois University Department of Mathematics is the host organizer of the conference. Professor S.K. Dey of the EIU Department of Mathematics is the host chairman and local organizer of the conference.