Statement on Teaching Philosophy
Heejeong Jasmine Lee
My move from industry to academia was motivated by a desire to teach. My interest in teaching comes from a love of learning.
In the recent past, there has been a significant boom in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). These are free online courses from the most prestigious institutions in the world, with materials, videos, and assessments. I believe that they will have a significant impact on higher education.
I am motivated to provide a learning environment that is exciting, effective and efficient which will empower both students and educators. For instance, universities can offer open online courses through existing MOOC platforms, while simultaneously offering for-credit courses using other university’s MOOC course and a flipped classroom instruction model.
I am also keen on using open-source software in education.
Interest in open-source software is growing globally. It is important that students are not only exposed to the major commercial software but also have the opportunity to use a wider range of software, including open-source software.
Lower cost is not the only reason why I want to use open-source software. Open-source software is considered to have better security, better access to innovation, no vendor lock-in and a culture of collaboration. The development methodology of open source software leans toward to assure high-quality software meeting the business requirements. Bugs are rapidly fixed with the help of the large community of developers, and the updated software becomes more reliable. The open philosophy of open source software is along with academic freedom which is sharing of knowledge and information are common features in academia.
Therefore, I have been using open-source software as much as I could, and I believe that it helps students to prepare for their better careers.