Hello Sigmaistas,
My name is Thomas Davenport and I teach maths at Aston University in Birmingham. I heard about Sigma last autumn at an IMA conference and have been evesdropping since then. Time I said hello.
In the last five years my cohort size has gone from around 70 to around 230 with no increase in resources. My response was to write software that delivers the content and tracks the engagement of students. The application started as a quick way of testing students' arrival ability. Now it delivers that as well as Aston's Foundation Year maths semesters 1 and 2.
I think it is robust enough to offer to other institutions. If anyone is interested you can view it here https://mybaseline.org. If you would like to use it please email me.
Aston is looking for an External Examiner for the Foundation Year starting next academic year, pension strikes notwithstanding. If anyone is interested please contact me.
Regards
Thomas Davenport
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