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2025-05-06

  • Day 2
  • Author: Richel

I went to sleep directly after teaching, hence did not reflect. As I will be teaching today, let's be short.

These are things I already wrote down:

  • RB improves feedback on exercises
  • RB also wants to experiment with a 5-mins-to-read exercise
  • Mix theory and practice more

From this feedback ...

  • A: I like the theorical background, a bit more would be neat

... and my own feelings, I feel now theory is indeed thin. I start to see this now. I still think practicing skills have their place, but I could add more theoretical sessions. Maybe a response to other pure-theory sessions..?

From this feedback ...

  • A: the requirements for the project are a bit unclear to me, so creating suitable issues was challenging
  • A: I think there are two requirements/design files?
  • A: Have a clear (and finished) file for the project requirements

I will use the requirements that I prepared

This feedback, however, is new and I am quite thankful for it ...

  • A: Not so much feedback on exercises
  • A: Could be good with a summary session to see that everyone got the important points from the exercises
  • A: Could have been useful with a recap after the exercises

... as I know how important feedback is! My lessons have 'warped' from being round to having feedback with pre-given answers.

Also time for digestion is new ...

  • A: not enough time to digest/review
  • A: Have some time reserved in the schedule for self study and QA
  • A: Extend the course time or crop the program a bit to give more time for labs/digesting/lecturing

... and I am unsure how to deal with this.

About the first hour:

  • Exercise 1 took 30 minutes, instead of the scheduled 10 minutes. Although the exercise was intended to be plenary, it was mostly the teacher talking and 1 learner talking. I think I've already seen an idea to restructure this exercise, after seeing it did not work out as expected
  • Exercise 2 asks to practice mermaid. Nowhere it is mentioned what it is and why this is important. Also, nowhere is it described of why making a flowchart of the requirements is important. I guess it is called a 'User story' or 'Use case', consider explaining first what it is and why it is useful
  • Exercise 3 asks to produce a feature list. Nowhere it is mentioned what it is and why this is important. Consider explaining first what it is and why it is useful