An illustration of several modes of teaching
Higher education teaching happens in many different contexts

Informatics Teaching Guide

by Amy J. Ko

1st edition

Teaching is hard, especially in higher education, where few people have a formal training in learning, teaching, or education. I wrote this book to support the teachers in the University of Washington Information school who lack training in teaching, providing a personal, but also evidence-based understanding of teaching and learning. It shouldn’t take more than 1 hour to read, and should provide the knowledge you need to structure your practice as a teacher.

I hope you enjoy! If not, please file an  issue  on the book’s  GitHub repository .

An illustration of two different classrooms Chapter 1

Overview

<5 min read
A line drawing of Informatics students gathering in front of the columns. Chapter 2

Students

~5 min read
An illustration of databases, code, questions, and networks Chapter 3

Curriculum

<5 min read
The University of Washington block logo. Chapter 4

Rules

<5 min read
An illustration of many students and the contents of one’s head. Chapter 5

Learning

~10 min read
An illustration of a teacher in front of a classroom Chapter 6

Teaching

~5 min read
An illustration of a course website. Chapter 7

Courses

~5 min read
An illustration of grade points corresponding to progressively happy smiley faces. Chapter 8

Grading

<5 min read
An illustration of two people having an argument. Chapter 9

Conflict

~5 min read
Four panels showing a teacher reaching successively more students. Chapter 10

Practice

<5 min read

References

Everything cited

Index

Common words and where they are

Search

Find where words occur

Media

Images and video in the book

Thank you to my many colleagues who’ve offered feedback on the book.

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