Topic outline

  • Contact sessions and materials

    All the teaching material is collected here, including slides and extra information on day's theme. The materials will be updated during the course.

    • Contact Session #1: Interaction and Constructive feedback (7.9. / 10.9. / 12.9. / 14.9.2018)

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      Contact Session 1 slides File PPTX
      Students must
      Mark as done

    • Contact Session #2: Different approaches to learning (4.10.2018)

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      Contact Session 2 slides File PPTX
      Students must
      Mark as done
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      Hints for being approachable; group work on 4.10.2018 File PPTX

    • Contact Session #3: Motivation (31.10.2018)

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      PED-131 Day 3 (31.10.2018) - autumn 2018 File PPTX
      Students must
      Mark as done
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      Psychology Service Homepage URL
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      Prodeko values (AllWell) URL

      An example what a community of students (Prodeko Guild of Industrial Engineering and Management), faculty at the department, and alumnii can do to improve well-being. In addition to "Prodeko Values", there are study well-being training for all freshmen organised by the guild and peer students.

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      AllWell 2017 Video (3 mins) URL

      "AllWell? -project is a part of Aalto University's strategy 2016-2020. The goal is to enhance students' well-being by advancing study support, teaching, learning services and focusing support on study capabilities."

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      AllWell (Success of Students) web pages URL
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      Presemo - polling system URL

      You can use the Presemo polling system in Aalto. Just create a new poll and you get short instructions by mail. Other instructions can be found in http://opit.aalto.fi => Presemo .

      Today, in the contact session, we used the poll http://presemo.aalto.fi/scita/ which used a voting option. Presemo is totally anonymous tool. Below, you can see the results ("Screen") from the voting questions, what's your best advice for a TA.

    • Best practices for TA

    • Additional material in Autumn 2018

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      "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding" (1/3, 8 mins) URL

      "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding" is a 19-minute award-winning short-film about teaching at university and higher-level educational institutions. It is based on the "Constructive Alignment" theory developed by Prof. John Biggs. The film delivers a foundation for understanding what a teacher needs to do in order to make sure all types of students actually learn what the teacher intends.

      Part 1/3: Meet Susan and Robert, deep and surface learning, and three levels what students are, what teachers are, and what students do.

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      "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding" (2/3, 6 mins) URL

      Part 2/3: Active learning as a tool for deep understanding. SOLO taxonomy.

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      "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding" (3/3, 4 mins) URL

      Part 3/3: Constructive alignment

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