Talking With Lecturers: Sasha Vassar

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