The future of education is plain text

Re:The future of education is plain text by ezoe on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:23AM (#14545438)

Then, mathematical notation should be simplified.

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Re:The future of education is plain text by krapht on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @12:15PM (#14545901)

Perhaps we should also all learn Esperanto as well, since English is such an inefficient and inconsistent means of communication.

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Re:The future of education is plain text by edtechdev on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @01:02PM (#14546363)

There's been some work on english language versions of mathematical expressions, which at the very least can help with accessibility.

Handbook for Spoken Mathematics (1983) http://web.efzg.hr/dok/MAT/vkojic/Larrys_speakeasy.pdf

MathPlayer https://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/

TalkMaths http://talkmaths.sourceforge.net/

Language and Mathematics: Bridging between Natural Language and Mathematical Language in Solving Problems in Mathematics http://file.scirp.org/pdf/CE20100300008_45591409.pdf

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Re:The future of education is plain text by posterboy on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @08:37AM (#14552249)

I am not sure that is a good idea. The reduced entropy of our writing system, as easy to learn as it is, doesn't work very well with the density of mathematical formulas. If anything, I would favour more symbolic formulas.

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Re:The future of education is plain text by partycoder on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:23AM (#14545445)

What do you think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sULa9Lc4pck

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Re:The future of education is plain text by phailhaus on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @12:39PM (#14546122)

Have you tried? You start to run into trouble the moment you have fractions and exponents.

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