Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Course Introduction – Week 1 (16 -23 May)


Dear TA

Welcome to the FSTADP course .We hope that participation in this course will give you some practical grounding in teaching in Higher Education.

Let us give you a quick overview of the course and what to expect in the following few months.

We have arranged the course into nine workshops . Detailed information about each individual workshop is provided at the right hand side of this blog post. Visit each workshop page in the week in which it is provided. There, you will find summaries and resources which will help you complete your learning tasks. All your learning task instructions will be  posted on the 'workshop pages' as well as this home page. We will give you ample time to complete each task and give you deadlines for handing in the final tasks.

This blog space is designed to give you an opportunity to participate in learning with other TAs and your facilitators as you engage with each task. Use this blog space to ask questions, comment on what others have submitted and learn.

The most important space will be your own individual blog where you will complete and reflect on the activities we have given you. All we need is a link to each of your tasks.  Once you have a completed a task and uploaded it, your facilitators will give you feedback and tell you whether it still requires some work.

All your completed tasks need to be collated together in a portfolio of evidence for your final assessment.  There is a rubric for marking this final portfolio.

Remember, you are required to:

  1. Attend and participate in all programme activities.
  2. Read and keep up with tasks and learning activities provided and be prepared to enter your reflections as blog entries.
  3. Keep records of all sessions and workshops given.
  4. Compile a portfolio of evidence for the participation experience in a Teaching Portfolio.

Let us learn and support each other !


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