SICSA Education Induction Day 16th February 2016, University of Glasgow
This SICSA Induction Day is oriented to recently appointed Higher Education academics in Computing and related disciplines. Established academics, school teachers, and research students and staff are also welcome. We will cover discipline specific matters in regards to teaching computing such as:
• Teaching and Assessing Programming
• Small group teaching in a practical setting;
• Supervising and setting honours projects.
The schedule for the day is:
| 09:30 | – | Registration with Coffee |
| 10:00 | – | Professor Judy Robertson, The Lazy Lecturer: how to get your students to do the thinking |
| 11:00 | – | Professor Quintin Cutts, Exploring Attitudes ad Approaches to Teaching and Assessment of Programming |
| 12:00 | – | Lunch |
| 12:30 | – | Darran Gardner, Introduction to the Data Lab for new academics |
| 13:00 | – | Dr Karen Petrie, Creating a new module based on your research |
| 14:00 | – | Coffee Break |
| 14:15 | – | Question & Answer Panel Session with new academics Panel members: Dr Rachel Menzies, University of Dundee (Chair) Dr Chris Jefferson, University of St Andrews Dr Julie Williamson, University of Glasgow Dr Mark Zarb, Robert Gordon University Dr Angela Siegel , Robert Gordon University |
| 15:00 | – | Close |
The Induction Day is free to attend but for catering purposes please register at the Eventbrite page
If you have any specific questions regarding this event, please contact Dr Karen Petrie, SICSA Education Director