{"id":152,"date":"2006-11-24T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomad.priv.at\/researchblog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2006-11-24T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2006-11-24T16:20:33","slug":"details-about-teaching-a-visit-to-concordia-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomad.priv.at\/researchblog\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Details about teaching & a visit to Concordia University"},"content":{"rendered":"

I visited Concordia University this week to get some more information about my teaching duties starting January 3rd<\/sup>. Things are working out well on the administrative side – I signed my contracts and all there is left is my application for a new work permit. Teaching dates and rooms are set and I have a good idea who to ask, if I do not know, how to proceed.I will be teaching approx. 120 students in 2 parallel courses, so will be imperative for me to design exams and assignments that can be corrected within the required time; that is not the way I like it (I like to design my questions in way that I get a feel for how much students know and those are not always easy and quick to correct, depending on the topic). But there is nothing I can do.The topics of the courses are well laid out and I got an excellent briefing from my predecessor, who will be teaching other courses next winter term. He also provided a lot of material for me to get started quickly. Concordia uses Moodle<\/a> as a teaching tool, so let’s see how I will be able to use it.The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed, everybody is really helpful. People take time to listen to my questions (also in the administration!) – I think I am going to like it at Concordia, even if it is only for 4 months for the time being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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