Mariya and Amanda chat with ✨ Sasha Vassar ✨, CSE lecturer and the new lecturer for COMP1511 Intro to Programming at UNSW! As well as being an experienced computer scientist, Sasha also holds a doctorate 🎓 in Education, so they pick her brain about teaching, learning and computer science.

They discuss:  * What it’s like teaching 👩‍🏫 Computer Science as a discipline,   * What’s missing 🧐 from the comp curriculum?  * Her new 🌟 approach to COMP1511, and  * Advice for how YOU can get the most out of your courses! 🤩

Timestamps

(0:46) Life before teaching (4:05) Teaching computer science as a discipline (11:17) Thoughts on teaching and educational philosophy (16:32) COMP1511: goals, expectations and advice (25:53) Lecturing higher-year courses, including Human Computer Interaction (34:14) Advice and future plans