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

[Liddy Nevile]

brilliant idea - well done Tom!

What is the real difference between offering advice, explaining,  
selling, teaching, .... all require trust first, and then some skills.  
Both would be useful to the graduates.

Liddy

On 09/02/2013, at 12:38 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> 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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