Mathematics Learning Resource Center Home Page
The Mathematics Learning Resource Center was established on the OSU campus
in 1985 to serve undergraduate mathematics students. It serves today as
a comprehensive help center that strives to meet all the extra-classroom
needs of undergraduate students, and it has a number of features that make
it unique.
Services Offered by the MLRC
Tutoring
for lower division courses (Beginning College Algebra thru Diff Eq/Linear
Algebra).
Grading
for most lower division courses.
On-demand
help at the computers.
Calculator
and software short-courses.
Special
help sessions such as examination reviews.
Services
for faculty workshops.
Site
visits.
Facilities of the Center
A
35 station microcomputer laboratory offering Derive, Mathematica, Maple,
spreadsheets, word processors, graphing software, tutorial software, internet
connections, and lots more. The microcomputers are connected via a Novell
network to the Mathematics Department and to the OSU campus network. Original
hardware was provided by a grant from Texas Instruments, Inc. and later
replaced by a grant from AT&T; and by direct Departmental expenditures.
A
25 station computer classroom is connected to the MLRC file server. The
classroom is booked each day from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with classes from
pre-calculus, calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and advanced
mathematics courses. The hardware and software for the classroom was provided
through a National Science Foundation ILI grant with matching funds provided
by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The Department of Mathematics
provided renovation costs. This facility will be available in the evenings
during fall semesters for student and faculty use. To reserve this space
contact the front office at 744-5688
A
12 station video laboratory with an accompanying library of over 300 videotapes
covering the range from elementary algebra through linear algebra and differential
equations. These are available for on-site viewing or for overnight check-out.
There
are very large rooms and ample space for tutoring of the lower math classes.
This space includes large desks for the convenience of the students and
plenty of chalkboard space for working example problems.
Three
fixed and six portable classroom demonstration units consisting of laptops
and computer projection panels. This equipment was provided by the Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education.
The MLRC Staff
The MLRC is under the direction of Catherine Costanza, Administrative Director,
and Dr. Birne Binegar, Faculty Director. The day to day operations are
maintained by our undergraduate coordinators. They have a large say in
what services are offered and how they are implemented. They operate their
own training and development programs and enlist help from graduate students
and faculty. Our experience is that students respond favorably to help
from their peers, and it is a model that we highly recommend to others.
The staff is large, and many OSU mathematics majors graduate with considerable
experience using technology in undergraduate education.
Our systems administrator, Raven Tompkins
(raven@math.okstate.edu), is in charge of day to day maintenance
of math department computers and she is available every day.
She also has a home
page which you are welcome to peruse.
Pay us a visit. The MLRC maintains an active visitation program
for students and faculty. We can arrange tours for high school and college
faculty and their classes. You can 
email
Catherine Costanza(cat@mail.math.okstate.edu)
to arrange such a visit. For college faculty there are limited funds available
to pay expenses. We hope to extend this service to high school faculty
in the near future.
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