Teaching philosophy
I am currently teaching two courses in the Masters in IT & Cognition offered at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with colleagues.
- Language Processing I (2017-)
- Language Processing II (2017-)
I previously taught other courses:
- Scientific Programming (2017-2022)
We teach in a very heterogeneous group of students. My goal is that all students enjoy learning programming in all classes. Obviously, this is not a trivial task. I am still experimenting with different methodologies to please everybody, and mainly, to transmit knowledge.
The methods that I use include Jupyter notebooks, in which students have to solve practical problems. Every year we strive to increase the number of practical exercises, together with the theoretical sessions, as a practical session should always go with theoretical background. I always try to give simple examples to explain the intuition of models.
Teaching is a lifelong learning project, and thus, you never stop learning. That is why I really appreciate student evaluations, but also discussions with students, so that to see where I can improve myself.
Finally, I would like to state why is teaching so important for me. I love the feeling that somebody has learned something with me. Furthermore, if somebody has learned something and they have enjoyed during learning, I am even happier.
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