{"id":1265,"date":"2018-03-01T14:44:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2018-03-01T14:44:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:44:50","slug":"announcing-the-eams-conference-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/theme-testing\/blog\/2018\/03\/announcing-the-eams-conference-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the EAMS conference 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eams.ncl.ac.uk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-main-image wp-image-1266\" style=\"box-shadow: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eams-logo-600x81.png\" alt=\"EAMS logo\" width=\"600\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eams-logo-600x81.png 600w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eams-logo-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eams-logo-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eams-logo.png 1013w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The international conference on E-Assessment in Mathematical Sciences (EAMS) is a three-day academic conference organised by Newcastle University taking place 28th &#8211; 30th August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of EAMS 2016, the conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners with an interest in e-assessment for mathematics and the sciences, with an emphasis on enabling attendees to have a go at creating material, and getting an opportunity to share expertise directly. It will consist of a mix of presentations of new techniques, and pedagogic research, as well as live demos and workshops where you can get hands-on with leading e-assessment software.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1273 size-main-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/herschel-lab-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of EAMS 2016 attendees during a hands-on computer lab session\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/herschel-lab-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/herschel-lab-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/herschel-lab-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/herschel-lab-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/herschel-lab.jpg 1794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-main-image wp-image-1267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/audience-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the audience during a talk at EAMS 2016\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/audience-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/audience-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/audience-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/audience-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.numbas.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/audience.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over three days, EAMS 2018 will comprise a mix of talks and hands-on activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developer updates<\/strong> from the people responsible for popular mathematical e-assessment systems, detailing the latest features.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightning talks<\/strong> on a variety of topics to do with e-assessment in mathematical disciplines.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hands-on workshops<\/strong> led by experts in a variety of e-assessment systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live demos<\/strong> led by experts in the field.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Code sprints<\/strong> with the aim of adding features to systems, writing documentation, or creating material on a particular topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Compared to EAMS 2016, the emphasis this time is much more on enabling attendees to have a go at creating material, and getting an opportunity to share expertise directly.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eams.ncl.ac.uk\/call-for-speakers\/\">call for talk and workshop proposals<\/a> is currently open. If you have some research or an innovative technique related to mathematical e-assessment that you would like to present, EAMS 2018 is the perfect venue. The deadline for talk proposals is May 31st.<\/p>\n<p>The conference fee is only \u00a375 and includes a conference dinner. You can find out more about EAMS, as well as the forms to register for the conference and propose a talk, at the conference website, <a href=\"https:\/\/eams.ncl.ac.uk\">eams.ncl.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international conference on E-Assessment in Mathematical Sciences (EAMS) is a three-day academic conference organised by Newcastle University taking place 28th &#8211; 30th August 2018. 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