As an educator, I am passionate about fostering an engaging learning environment where students feel empowered to explore and contribute.
In this portfolio, you will find a collection of teaching materials that demonstrate my commitment to enabling students to quickly grasp complex engineering concepts.
Engineering students have high demands on their time so my teaching materials are designed to be well structured and presented in such a way that an understanding of the concepts can be gained in a time-efficient manner. In my courses I make use of digital media to convey complex concepts in a way that can be easily visualized and understood.
I aim to make the best use of contact time with students. Examples of this approach include: using pre-recorded lecture material supplemented by in-class activities; and structuring lectures to include time for in-class exercises after each new concept is introduced.
Example Teaching Materials
Videos
Short instructional videos are an excellent method for efficiently providing both theoretical information and practical demonstrations for laboratory components of a course.
Some examples of video lecture material that I have developed are shown below:
Powerpoint Presentations
Powerpoint presentations can be used to present theoretical material in a face-to-face mode. My preference is to limit the time for a presentation of a single concept to approximately 20 minutes including an exercise for the class to perform.
The files below show examples of typical short power point presentations and in class exercises.
Assignment handouts should be well structured and provide enough detail for a student to quickly engage in the problem solving process. Marking rubrics allow the student to target their efforts towards achieving the desired learning outcomes. are shown below.
The files below show an example assignment handout and associated marking rubric:
