Congratulations Martijn on all these impressive achievements on so many fronts! It is very gratifying to learn about everything you have accomplished thanks to the initial education research grant. It sounds like the journey is still ongoing, with many new projects and ideas ahead!
Two years ago, we received an EDLAB Learning & Innovation grant to improve Multivariable Calculus education for the BSc Circular Engineering (CE) and the BSc Business Engineering (BE) at Maastricht University. Today, I'm happy to share the project's final outcomes and celebrate how relatively small seed grants can lead to big outcomes! 🥳 🎯 Learning materials: Together with Thijs Vogely, we developed a question bank in Canvas consisting of 500+ randomized, parametrized, and diversified questions that can be used to create online quizzes for Multivariable Calculus. The question banks can be accessed by all UM staff to enhance their courses with both practice and graded quizzes. Just reach out! 📚 Publication: We also researched the impact of our practice and graded quiz system for Multivariable Calculus on student performance which was recently published. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eRtJHWQz! I'm very proud of this paper as it marks my first step into the world of educational research, which I couldn't have done without the help of Laurie Delnoij and Stefan Jongen! 📽️ Dissemination: With this project we also wanted to showcase our work to a broader audience, which lead to this amazing video that we made with Rob Zink: https://lnkd.in/eupzUkEG. Thanks to all the students that volunteered for this video! 🤝 Collaborations: We further strengthened the ties between the Maastricht University - Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, enriching both the BE and CE programs! I hope to continue such collaborations with program directors Gavin Phillips and Carla Koopman! ✨ Ripple effects: This project indirectly led to the formation of the Computing Sciences Education (CSE) research area group at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS). As first coordinator of this group, I hope we can enable more new ideas, better grant proposals (more on that later! 😉) and interdisciplinary collaborations. The project proves, yet again, that even small funding initiatives can lead to significant outcomes, not just for research but also for education innovation. A heartfelt thanks to EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning for making this possible! 👍 #educationinnovation #educationresearch #assessment #mathematics #maastrichtuniversity
