The Modern TA: New Approaches for Mathematics Tutorials (e-course)
Channel: Ami Mamolo
Date: 2022-10-12

The Modern TA is a self-paced and flexible e-course is designed for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows who are looking to enhance their teaching practice with new techniques. It provides a holistic and in-depth experience through a combination of inquiry-based explorations, online applets, dynamic and computational modeling, video podcasts, and interactive simulations.

This e-course includes a set of two interactive online modules, a supplementary workbook and resource guide, and multiple pathways for differentiated learning experiences. Content focuses on common topics and student challenges that arise in undergraduate linear algebra and calculus.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop fluency in the purposeful uses of different digital technologies for representing and communicating mathematics in undergraduate education.
2. Enhance pedagogical approaches for fostering rich mathematical experiences through the uses of interactive digital technologies and question-posing techniques. 
3. Build capacity for enacting inclusive pedagogies that incorporate digital technologies into online, blended or in-person undergraduate mathematics learning environments.

Topics include:
- Best practices for integrating  video podcasts into lectures
- Access and accessibility issues
- Leading effective tutorials in-person and online
- Leveraging technology to support and advance student thinking
- Responding to student questions and emails using technology
- Dynamic Geometry Software as a teaching aid
- Teaching Computational Modeling with Python