Autoethnographic Reflections of an International Graduate Teaching Assistant’s Co-Teaching Experiences

An Interactive System for Hiring and Managing Graduate Teaching Assistants

In this paper, we describe a system for managing the hiring and assigning of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) to academic tasks based on the GTAs qualifications, preferences, and availability. This system is built using Constraint Processing techniques and is operated through web-based interfaces. Various versions of the prototype system have been in actual use since Fall 2001 and have yield...

Teaching information security management: reflections and experiences

Purpose: This paper describes the development, design, delivery and evaluation of a post-graduate information security subject that focuses on a managerial, rather than the more frequently reported technical perspective. The authors aimed to create an atmosphere of intellectual excitement and discovery so that students felt empowered by new ideas, tools and techniques and realized the potential...

Teaching Mathematics Graduate Students to Teach: An International Perspective

High-quality teaching of mathematics at the university level is important to every country. Almost all of the best jobs in the global economy require fluency in mathematics, and a great many require advanced technical knowledge. High-quality university math instruction contributes to high student achievement in the quantitative disciplines and prepares students for good jobs. Moreover, universi...

Reflections on Teaching Enterprise Architecture to Graduate Students

This paper presents a reflection on using an Enterprise Architecture approach to develop in graduate students a holistic and integrated view of complex enterprises. It presents the unit rationale and design. The paper details the authentic assessment used to engage the students in the learning process. Student performance results are shown. Changes to the unit design are presented, emphasizing ...

Planning, Discourse Marking, and the Comprehensibility of International Teaching Assistants