Teaching Statement

I have been lucky to have had a range of teaching experience, in combination academia and professional field. My teaching experience can be traced back to when I served in a different position such as a graduate instructor, instructor and mentor in the field of Health Informatics. I developed a passion for education that combines technology, people, researcher and context and I look forward to a career that combines research and design with teaching and innovating in Higher Education.

Teaching Experience:

As one of the graduate instructors in University of City, I spent a year trying out different approaches to Advance database course creating lab assignments, provided support for students in the classroom, find readings and case studies for a healthcare sector.

During, Hellenic Naval Staff and Command College, Institute of Training and Further Education teach course in the subject of Computer Science developed an instructional plan for short course, as I planned lessons, tutorials and assignments. Assessed student’s progress by grading tests, papers and other work.

Since 2016 until today I was fortunate to have a variety of teaching, mentored and supervised graduated students who are working towards postgraduate and doctoral degrees, conducted research and experiments to advance knowledge in the field of Medical Informatics. Advise graduates students about which elective courses to take and how to achieve their goals. Stayed informed about changes and innovations in their field (i.e. Health Informatics, Biomedicine).

Teaching Philosophy:

From these experiences and colleagues, I have developed and appropriated some beliefs that shape how I teach, advise and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Teach with Passion: I try to teach using examples from my own research and work experiences, and work by others that excites me, whenever possible. This helps my passion and enthusiasm for the material come through in the classroom and I have found that it is often contagious to students.

Give opportunities to learn by doing: Small projects, case studies and other hands-on-learning opportunities help make assignments more fun and help students engage with the material. I seek to make these opportunities appropriately authentic: there are times when students benefit from a sand-boxed experience in which they can experiment and try things and the instructor can be more certain the experience will meet the learning objectives, and times when students will learn more and be more motivated by problems closer to the real-world, with all of their inherent complications.

Have high, somewhat ambiguous expectations… within limits: Without exception, my best classroom experiences have occurred when academic members, have pushed me to do just a bit more than I thought I could, and my worst experiences have been when I felt underestimated or talked down to. While different students flourish in different environments, I think the ideal educational experience will push students as close to a flow state as possible: highly engaged, working to keep up, but not drowning.

Future Teaching:

I am confident that my educational experiences and background have prepared me to teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in Computer Science. I would enjoy teaching courses in Health Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Programming Languages, and implement these theories in systems or designs. I also hope to continue to be involved in efforts to modernize Health Informatics education to help develop students who are prepared to design and build Clinical Decision Support Systems that work within their context. This not only makes for a better design but will also help students to be more competitive in their future careers.