Overview
GAMES is an open educational resource designed to help learners prepare for university-level work in business, economics, and the social sciences. It is especially useful for students who want to strengthen or refresh their background in mathematics, statistics, and spreadsheet-based problem solving.
The resource covers precalculus, calculus, multivariable calculus, probability, and statistics. Examples are often developed with Excel or Google Sheets, and the modular structure allows learners to focus on the topics they need most.
Who it is for
GAMES was developed for:
- students entering university with uneven preparation in mathematics or statistics
- students seeking a refresher before upper-year study
- learners re-skilling or up-skilling for a new major, minor, or program path
The course outlines linked above provide a fuller description of the two modules.
What is included
- closed-captioned lecture videos
- interactive videos with immediate feedback
- full lecture transcripts
- blank and annotated lecture slides
- practice problems, including spreadsheet exercises in Excel and Google Sheets
- worked solutions, including spreadsheet files in
.xlsand.odsformats
Licence and acknowledgement
GAMES is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence. Unless otherwise noted, content was created by Catherine Pfaff, Sumon Majumdar, and Robert J. McKeown. This project was supported by the Government of Ontario and by eCampusOntario through the Virtual Learning Strategy.