Reflection

  • Author: Richel
  • Date: 2025-10-06
  • Day: R

I was ill in the morning. I was ill already for a week and hence was more absent from all team discussions.

Teaching 9:00 First login

There were 5 visitors. Me and the team were able to help all of them. I’ve helped 1 learner and it was a good experience: she was a complete beginner and at the end of my, around 15 minutes, help, she was super ready.

Teaching 10:00 Load modules and run

There were 6 learners. Most time was spent with the 1 learner that did not attend the login session.

When ill, my talking is slower. A good thing. However, due to the constant pain, I do not enjoy my teaching sessions as usual.

I did meet all students properly. At 10:47 2 (out of 6) were done: I sent them on an earlier break.

Teaching 14:00 RStudio

Me and a colleague split up the learners: the colleague offered to help, as it was unsure how well I was (as I was less response in chat, due to -indeed- illness). I think it is nice to get unexpected help and I think it is a good idea that she had a 1-on-1 with ‘her’ COSMOS users. So, we split up, after announcing this in the main room.

I was very happy to see my learners again. We were with 3, 1 that used Sigma, and 2 that used Dardel. I started with the Sigma user, as (1) she has no documentation, and (2) Dardel has Open OnDemand, which is easier. I did so after discussing this with the whole group.

When the Sigma user was in the system (for the first time), I told her to try a bit for herself, so I could talk to the Dardel users. We agreed.

I disturbed the Dardel users. They were already done. I told them that in 5 minutes I will give a bit more in-depth demo about RStudio, after helping the Sigma user (which I estimated to cost that long). The Dardel users agreed.

The Sigma user was in quickly, so we started talking as a class again. I did my demo on RStudio, until it was time again to back to the main room.

I remember from earlier reflections that I should not be too informal, and I think I succeeded reasonably (but not perfectly) well: it felt too nice to have them back :-)

15:00 Summary and Evaluation

I went through the summary. What was missing was a list of other course.

  • [x] Add link to SCoRe list of courses

The evaluation was clean: I told them why I put them in breakout rooms. One out of six learners came back to ask his questions, which I discussed in a breakout room.

Predictions

My sessions went very well:

  • In the ‘Load modules and run’ session, I have seen all run the R interpreter
  • In the RStudio session, I have seen all run RStudio