Teaching and learning computational mathematics with intensive application of the virtual campus.

Abstract

Nowadays, the field of professional development in engineering requires appropriate and relevant training for a satisfactory insertion in the labor market. This requires that educational institutions provide not only the specific knowledge of the career being studied but also must complement it with other skills necessary for adequate performance in the work environment. Based on these premises, this paper describes the design of a classroom experience to be implemented in the subject of Advanced Calculus (AC), a third-level subject of the Mechanical Engineering course. The proposed activities are developed in the Computer and Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Basic Sciences available at the faculty and seek to encourage the use of the virtual campus, where the mediation between the content of the subject and the concrete applications of simple engineering models are the axis to develop the topic: Analytical Functions of Complex Variables (AFCV).