EEEN40530 Teaching Assistant in School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module gives graduate students in the UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering a grounding in the principles and practice of university teaching and laboratory demonstration. The module is specifically for graduate students who are actively engaged in the role of Teaching Assistant within the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

Participants in the module will be introduced to the practicalities of laboratory demonstrating, including preparation for relevant laboratory work and laboratory safety. In addition, they will be given an introduction to relevant works in the teaching and learning literature (both generic and discipline-specific), and they will learn how to apply these ideas in their own teaching. They will learn to assess/critique their teaching based on feedback gained from their peers and/or their students. They will be encouraged to take active responsibility for judging and indeed, helping to maintain, the quality of their module's laboratory assignments.

There will also be some coverage of other topics relevant to life as a graduate student, such as research integrity.

Module participants must be registered/about to register to a PhD or research masters degree within the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and must be in an active teaching assistant role.

This module is graded on a Pass/Fail basis.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, a participant will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a firm understanding of the technical content of the laboratory, and an ability to anticipate as well as to react to students' problems in lab settings;
2. Demonstrate a familiarity with some of the key relevant literature regarding teaching and learning, both generic and specifically within the field of Electrical & Electronic Engineering;
3. Take responsibility for evaluating their own performance based on feedback from a variety of sources (student, peer, laboratory supervisor) and demonstrate a willingness to change their teaching practice in light of this feedback;
4. Understand the relationship between the design of a laboratory or tutorial session and the learning outcomes associated with it;
5. Demonstrate an awareness of University, College and School policies and procedures that impact on their role as a Teaching Assistant;
6. Understand how to use tools such as Brightspace for grading purposes.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

10
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
A combination of tutorial sessions, practical work and peer feedback. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Participants must be graduate-level students who are in an active teaching role within the UCD School of Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
UTL40230 - Intro to Univ T&L for Tutors


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: "Performing as a competent demonstrator"

Students will submit written and video materials to evidence their capabilities as a teaching assistant		 Week 7 n/a Graded No

20
Portfolio: "Peer observation and feedback"

In pairs, students observe each others work as teaching assistance and provide observations, feedback and reflection		 Week 11 n/a Graded No

40
Assignment: "Understanding research integrity"

Students must demonstrate that they have engaged with and passed online research integrity training.		 Week 4 n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

20
Group Project: "Peer discussion on teaching experiences"

Students will participate in an ongoing peer discussion through Brightspace		 Week 9 n/a Graded No

20

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Assoc Professor James O'Donnell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer