Distributed Computing Course Teaching Assistant (TA) Online MEng

Dartmouth College•Hanover, NH

49d•Remote

About The Position

Distributed Computing course description: Many modern computing tasks benefit from coordinating processing across multiple systems. Distributed platforms enable a vast range of services including cloud storage, media streaming, remote sensing, the Internet of Things, federated learning, and swarm robotics. This course introduces the key principles and challenges involved in designing and implementing distributed systems. Students are introduced to computer networking, concurrent programming, distributed architectures and algorithms, and system analysis. Frequent programming exercises, laboratories, and case studies develop student proficiency with these concepts that are then applied in a term-long, hardware-centric team project. Applicants to this TA position should have: Significant programming and software system design experience Experience working in the Go programming language (Golang) Facility with git, VSCode, and common command line Linux tools Familiarity with concurrent programming, computer networking, interprocess communication (e.g. remote procedure calls) is a plus. Previous teaching or mentoring experience is also desirable. Please highlight relevant skills and experience in your resume and cover letter. Overview of TA responsibilities: Online Master of Engineering (MEng) in Computer Engineering Course Teaching Assistants (TAs) will support faculty and students during course run in areas including assisting the professor with facilitation of Synchronous Sessions, holding online office hours, monitoring discussion forums, assisting with administration of the Coursera platform, grading of assignments, and providing technical support related to course content for students when necessary. TAs should have demonstrated proficiency in Computer Engineering course content at or above the graduate level. Lectures for the course are offered asynchronously, with weekly Synchronous Sessions that are optional for students. The expected TA time commitment is approximately 15 hours per week. The online MEng courses will be offered on the Coursera platform. There will be required TA training in June before the term begins.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or a related field
Demonstrated experience working in the Go programming language
Strong organizational skills, interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills
Ability to work independently and as a member of the team
Ability to prioritize, problem solve, multi-task, and effectively manage time to meet deadlines
Ability to track and follow up on outstanding tasks or matters as needed
Significant programming and software system design experience
Experience working in the Go programming language (Golang)
Facility with git, VSCode, and common command line Linux tools

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and implementing concurrent and distributed systems
MS/PhD or equivalent experience in computer engineering or a related field
Experience as a teaching assistant or course instructor
Familiarity with learning management systems, particularly Coursera
Familiarity with concurrent programming, computer networking, interprocess communication (e.g. remote procedure calls)
Previous teaching or mentoring experience

Responsibilities

In collaboration with course faculty, grade course assignments and provide feedback to students.
In collaboration with course faculty, provide content help or tutoring to students.
Attend live course sessions, answer student questions during live sessions in the chat, and facilitate portions of the live sessions.
Facilitate live TA help sessions to support student progress on assignments and group projects
In collaboration with course faculty, create student teams for group projects.
Update or re-allocate student teams as needed.
Actively monitor and respond to discussion forum questions in a timely manner.
Create threads during the live course to spark discussion in the discussion forums.
Review any reported inappropriate activity in discussion forums that needs review against academic integrity policy and take action in accordance with Dartmouth College policies.
Send course announcements.
Launch live events in the course on the Coursera platform and post the recordings afterwards.
Help with scheduling live events in the course.
In collaboration with the Online Education Academic Program Manager, apply item setting exceptions in-course for approved program-level student accommodations.
In collaboration with course faculty, consider course-level student accommodation requests (including extensions, emergency absences, etc) and apply item setting exceptions for approved course-level student accommodations.
Troubleshoot and escalate student technical issues.
Report course content or settings corrections in the live course.
Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
Performs other duties as assigned.