[LINK] Proposal for Teaching ICT Masters Students How to Teach On-line

[Tom Worthington]

This is to request comments on a proposal for incorporating e-learning 
and ePortfolios in a Master of Computing. Originally I envisaged 
teaching masters students how to communicate on-line, but have expanded 
the proposal to also teach them the basics of teaching. The idea is that 
if you are going to be a "professional" in any field, then you need 
people skills very much like teaching. So we might as well teach every 
masters student how to teach. Those who go into academia will then not 
require the usual short teaching course and those going into industry 
will be better able to help their staff.

Your comments on the revised proposal, by 15 February, would be welcome: 
http://www.tomw.net.au/education/online_professional_education/eportfolio/

Background and a summary of the previous comments received is at: 
http://www.tomw.net.au/education/online_professional_education/eportfolio/report.shtml

ps: This work has not been solicited by a university, nor is it an 
official part of any current university program. It is being undertaken 
as part of a certificate in higher education: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/08/tertiary-teaching-for-research-led.html


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