Computer Science Department News
Jenna Butler Wins Great Ideas for Teaching Competition
Jenna Butler is one of the winners of the Great Ideas for Teaching Competition, and will be presenting "Acting Out Algorithms – A “Hands-on” Approach to Teaching Computer Science" as part of the Winter Conference on Teaching.
It is hoped that many TAs from the Department of Computer Science will be able to attend and hear her presentation. Please see below for the agenda and registration information. Attending the conference counts as credit towards the Western Certificate in University Teaching.
Winter Conference on Teaching
Saturday January 21 2012
Room 258 Weldon Library
TO REGISTER, PLEASE GO TO: https://www.lib.uwo.ca/tsc/calendar/view_program.php?id=403
10:00-12:00 Threshold concepts within the disciplines Dr. Nanda Dimitrov, Teaching Support Centre
Threshold concepts are like portals that open new, previously inaccessible ways of thinking about something. They are core concepts that may transform students’ understanding of material in a discipline; but they may also be really challenging for students to master. Join us to learn about the threshold concepts framework by Jan Meyer and Ray Land; discover threshold concepts in your discipline and develop strategies to help students in your classes cross major conceptual thresholds.
12:00 -1:00 LUNCH BREAK (lunch on your own)
1:00 - 2:15 Finding balance and keeping your sanity in graduate school Panel presentation
Attend this panel to hear from and ask questions of several highly effective graduate students about their strategies for juggling their teaching, research, and personal lives.
2:30-3:30 Great ideas for teaching: Contest winners Panel presentation
Winners of the “Great Ideas for Teaching” competition receive their awards and present their most creative teaching ideas. Hear from this year’s winners about their great ideas:
- Beth Hundey (Department of Geography)
- Photo-reflection assignments
- Chelsea Hicks (Department of Biology)
- Stimulating student learning in breadth courses
- Jenna Butler (Department of Computer Science)
- Acting out algorithms – a “hands-on” approach to teaching Computer Science
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