Teaching Opportunities for Graduate Assistants (TOGA)

Author

Crocker, Elaine ; Venkatesan, Ramachandran ; Shorlin, Steve ; Dawood, Nabil

Author_Institution

Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, NL

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 May 2009

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

358

Abstract

Teaching opportunities for graduate assistants (TOGA) was initiated as a pilot program in 2005 by the School of Graduate Studies at Memorial university of Newfoundland becoming a pan-university program in 2007. Professional development for graduate teaching assistants related to teaching and learning is the primary focus of TOGA. TOGA within the faculty of engineering and applied science at Memorial university has continued to evolve since the initial pilot. A description of its evolution and components is provided in this paper.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; continuing professional development; distance learning; educational courses; teacher training; teaching; Memorial university-of-Newfoundland; TOGA model; course instructor; distance education; faculty-of-engineering-and-applied science; learning technology; pan-university program; pilot program; professional development program; teaching opportunities-for-graduate assistant; Curriculum development; Distance learning; Education; Educational programs; Educational technology; Feedback; Monitoring; North America; Safety; Seminars; graduate teaching assistants;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009. CCECE '09. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

St. John´s, NL

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3509-8

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090153

Filename

5090153