STACKTraining and Events
We regularly host conferences and training workshops for STACK. You can find videos from previous events on our YouTube channel.
STACK videosUpcoming events
Here is a list of upcoming events:
| Title | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 4th International STACK Conference | 26-27 April 2021 |
TTK University of Applied Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia stack21.edu.ee |
This conference aims to act as a forum for the exchange of experience, ideas and research associated with implementing STACK. The target group is academics who teach undergraduate and postgraduate STEM courses in higher education institutions. |
"It had a very good mix of theory and practical applicatons."
"It told me exactly what I needed to get started on writing STACK questions, while also giving some feedback on why we use STACK."
Workshops in 2020
During 2020 we ran a series of online workshops, with support from the LMS, Universitas 21, and the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
You can access recordings and materials from these workshops through the links below:
| Title | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop: Effective use of Maxima | 2/12/2020 15:00-17:00 GMT |
Online. Course page - effective use of Maxima |
Learn how mathematics educators use Maxima effectively with STACK, and how to use more advanced Maxima techniques to improve your own STACK questions. |
| Workshop: Addressing common student errors | 25/11/2020 15:00-17:00 GMT |
Online. Course page - student errors 25-11-20 |
Gain insight into common student errors based on mathematics education research, and get practical experience of using STACK to detect and give feedback on errors. |
| Workshop: Assessment of proofs in STACK | 7 September 2020 15:00-16:30 BST |
Online. Course page - assessment of proofs |
Learn about important practical findings from educational research on how to teach mathematical proof effectively, and hear about practical approaches to assessing proof online using tools like STACK. |
| Workshop: Getting started with STACK | 20 July 2020 10:00-12:00 BST |
Online. Course page - getting started 20-07-20 |
Learn about the features of STACK and write your first STACK question with experts on hand to help. |
| Workshop: addressing common student errors | 3 July 2020 14:00-16:00 BST |
Online. Course page - student errors |
Gain insight into common student errors based on mathematics education research, and get practical experience of using STACK to detect and give feedback on errors. |
| Workshop: quality questions and assessing proof | 19 June 2020 10:00-12:00 BST |
Online. Course page - quality questions |
Learn about advanced features of STACK that help to make sure your questions work reliably, and get tips from experienced authors on how to write polished questions. In the second half, learn about ways to assess proof using STACK. |
| Workshop: getting started with STACK | 15 June 2020 10:00-15:00 BST |
Online. Course page - getting started |
Hear from some experienced users about how they use STACK in variety of courses, then write your first STACK question with experts on hand to help. |
Past events
A list of past STACK workshops and conferences:
| Title | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAMS 2020 | Week of 22 June 2020 |
Online. eams.ncl.ac.uk |
There will be various sessions of interest to STACK users at this conference. |
| The 3rd International STACK Conference | 27 April 2020 |
Online. 3rd International STACK Conference Website |
The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for academics, researchers, and scholars, to address common challenges, share knowledge and ideas as well as recent trends and brainstorm creative solutions in the field of STACK. |
| Putting educational research into practice in HE Mathematics and Statistics teaching | 29-30 April 2019 |
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Putting research into practice conference website |
Day 1: Putting educational research into practice in HE Mathematics and Statistics teaching. Day 2: The 2nd International STACK Conference. |
| The 1st International STACK Conference | 15-16 November 2018 |
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fürth, Germany www.stack-konferenz.de |
The mission of the Conference is to offer a forum for the STACK Community, to exchange ideas about possibilities and challenges in creating questions, to get closer to solving technical questions and to shape the future of STACK. |