Inter TU Study Days revived: report of the first AMI Education Day
On Monday May 19, the first AMI Education Day took place. The primary goal for this event was to revive the very successful Inter TU Study Days, an annual 4TU.AMI event, which ran from 2013 to 2019. The long-term vision is to establish the AMI Education Day as one of the key educational events in the Netherlands regarding mathematics teaching in higher education.
Around 60 participants joined the event in Utrecht, which guaranteed a full and inspiring day. The participants exchanged many new ideas, shared their practices, and discussed some major challenges regarding mathematics teaching in higher education. Since the last Inter TU Study day in 2019 many things changed, and they wanted to catch up with all new developments!
From bridging courses to student engagement
The line-up was amazing. Brendan Kelly, who is Director of Introductory Mathematics at Harvard University, gave an overview of his work and vision on how educators can develop engaging calculus courses. He is visiting the Netherlands upon an invitation of our Strategic Research Initiative MEReP. In the coming weeks he will be visiting the five applied mathematics institutes involved in the 4TU.AMI centre.
Alternative assessment methods
To conclude, the organisers couldn’t omit recent innovations in assessment methods. Nelly Litvak (TU/e) and Tracy Craig (UT) showcased some innovative assessment methods and discussed the general principles behind them. The common message: we should try to develop assessment methods which enhance student engagement and learning!
Tracy Craig (UT) presenting
For the full news article, please follow this link to the 4TU.AMI website: https://www.4tu.nl/ami/News/news/education-day-2025/
