It is very cool to see that the class is being taught by a group of juniors/seniors (checked the top two, first one was a senior and second one was a junior), and an appointed faculty is listed only as a supervisor ....
I am really interested in the class outcome, and would love to hear what the students in class feel about this arrangement ....
I can see the good things about this. It gives the instructor/TA students an opportunity to grow while giving the peer-learning atmosphere to students in class. Plus, the students in class will learn from their peers who has the latest working knowledge of CUDA fresh in their heads, and this arrangement also frees up a faculty (or two) from having to prepare the course so that they can do their faculty/research work (prepping and teaching a class, especially an interesting and engaging one, is a really draining experience on the part of the faculty as well.)
Only downside I can see could be managing the class well enough so that class time is efficiently utilized. But I believe this should be covered by the faculty who is in supervisor position ....
I am really interested in the class outcome, and would love to hear what the students in class feel about this arrangement ....
I can see the good things about this. It gives the instructor/TA students an opportunity to grow while giving the peer-learning atmosphere to students in class. Plus, the students in class will learn from their peers who has the latest working knowledge of CUDA fresh in their heads, and this arrangement also frees up a faculty (or two) from having to prepare the course so that they can do their faculty/research work (prepping and teaching a class, especially an interesting and engaging one, is a really draining experience on the part of the faculty as well.)
Only downside I can see could be managing the class well enough so that class time is efficiently utilized. But I believe this should be covered by the faculty who is in supervisor position ....