Re: [Discuss] Pre / Post course assessments

2016-05-14 Thread Greg Wilson
Hi Pat; thanks for mail. It's a timely inquiry - Data Carpentry is hiring a full-time Deputy Director of Assessment (http://www.datacarpentry.org/blog/assessment-director-posting/), and we're hoping s/he will be able to teach us all what we ought to be doing about all of this. Do you have a

[Discuss] Pre / Post course assessments

2016-05-14 Thread Pat Schloss
Hey everyone, Something I’ve been thinking about for a while with regards to my on campus teaching and other workshops I teach is developing a pre and post course assessment to demonstrate that the students have learned something. I’ve struggled to think of something meaningful since many

Re: [Discuss] A video introduction to instructing by means of live coding

2016-05-14 Thread Lex Nederbragt
Hi, I find standing while instructing very important, exactly for the reasons you mention. I do realize, however, that this may not be a possibility (physically) for all instructors. The 10 tips have been added to the instructor training material, but I agree these could be linked to from

Re: [Discuss] A video introduction to instructing by means of live coding

2016-05-14 Thread Lex Nederbragt
Thanks! If you were to compare all recordings, you'll see I struggled with 'UNIX shell for loop' 'bash for loop' etc. I agree that I am using the bash shell for loop construct and that I could have consistently said that. Luckily, the videos are not so much about what is being taught, but

Re: [Discuss] A video introduction to instructing by means of live coding

2016-05-14 Thread Inigo Aldazabal Mensa
mmm... I see now that the standing thing is the first of your 10 points in your excellent "10 tips and tricks for instructing and teaching by means of live coding" blog post http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2016/04/tips-tricks-live-coding.html I had totally missed this article. Shouldn’t it be