sigma-sw regional hub meeting - Beyond mathcentre: electronic resources for maths assessment and support
Date/time: Friday 22nd January 2016, 10:30-16:00
Location: Treforest Campus, University of South Wales. The campus is a short train ride from Cardiff - please see travel information.
The first 2015/16 meeting of the sigma South West Hub focused on electronic resources for maths assessment and support beyond the well known mathcentre. The aim of this meeting was for all attendees to leave with new starting points and contacts in their network to assist in exploring the wealth of electronic resources available for use in maths assessment and support.
Schedule
10:30 | Arrival, refreshments |
10:45 | Welcome, Emma Cliffe and Elinor Everitt |
11:00 | Embedding computer-aided assessment and other electronic resources in the curriculum, Martin Greenhow, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Brunel University |
12:00 | DEWIS e-Assessment resources for Mathematics and Statistics, Karen Henderson, Associate Head of Department - Mathematics & Statistics and Rhys Gwynllyw, Senior Lecturer - Mathematics, University of the West of England |
13:00 | Lunch and informal networking |
13:45 | Welcome and background to USW, Rhobert Lewis, Dean of the Faculty of Computing, Engineering & Science |
14:00 | Show and tell, All attendees! Each attendee had a few minutes to show and tell about an electronic resources they feel should be in our toolkit. All resources mentioned were added to the sigma SW&SW resources list in the shared drive. | 14:45 | Exchange, All attendees! Based on the show and tell and the morning talks attendees located a group of people to follow up with, exchange knowledge and experience in use of electronic resources. Refreshments were provided. |
15:50 | Closing summary, Emma Cliffe |
16:00 | Departure |
For those working towards HEA Fellowship, attendance at and engagement with this event, and reflection on its implications for practice, could help to provide evidence towards elements of the UK Professional Standards Framework: A1, A4, A5, K2, K3, K4, V2, V3
The meeting was hosted by the University of South Wales, Treforest Campus, a light lunch and refreshments was provided.