2024 Learning and Teaching Fair
Four teaching projects were presented by department members at the 2024 Innovation in Learning and Teaching Fair. One of the projects was among the three finalists for the KITE Award.
Digital Mathematics Assessment among the finalists for the KITE Award
The project "Digital Mathematics Assessment" by Meike Akveld, Andreas Steiger and George Ionita was one of three finalists nominated for the 2024 KITE Award.
Akveld, Steiger and Ionita have developed automated exercise sequences that help students to practise mathematical tasks independently, whenever they want and as often as they want, and with immediate differentiated feedback from the system.
This is possible thanks to a computer algebra system that can be used to assess and evaluate mathematical tasks. It is available as a question type called "STACK" on the Moodle learning platform. Based on this, Akveld, Steiger and Ionita have developed a comprehensive collection of exercises for their engineering analysis lectures.
The Lecturers' Conference (KdL), that assessed the KITE Award projects, praised the project as groundbreaking, as it enables a new form of independent, active learning. It can also be scaled up very well and transferred to other areas, which is crucial in view of the growth in student numbers at ETH Zurich.
Further information can be found on the STACK project website and in the news article ETH Zurich employs computers as supplementary maths tutors.
Further projects nominated for the KITE Award
Further innovative math teaching projects
Video series "Diversity of Teaching"
The documentary video series "Diversity in Teaching at ETH" was also introduced at the Learning and Teaching Fair. The series highlights the diverse spectrum of teaching methods at ETH Zurich. Each video presents an innovative teaching style practised at ETH. Andreas Steiger is portrayed in this series with his lecture in Analysis I/II.
Innovation in Learning and Teaching Fair
The KITE Award ceremony took place as part of the second Innovation in Learning and Teaching Fair on 15 May 2024. At the event, ETH lecturers share innovative teaching projects and ideas at a large exhibition in the main hall of ETH Zurich's main building.
The KITE Award acknowledges teaching projects that are simultaneously innovative, effective and sustainable, in the sense that they consolidate skills over the long term. These skills should also be potentially transferable to other subjects and areas. In 2024, the KITE Award focused on teaching formats that excel in motivating students and promoting their engagement in the classroom.