Teaching

Teaching Graduate Course


Teaching Undergraduate Course


Guest Lecturing in Graduate Courses


Online Teaching Activities



Awards Related to Teaching


Lead Teaching Assistant


Teaching Assistant

Teaching Activities Through Other Media

Software Workshops (Presenter)

SAS
R
  • Presented in "Network Meta-analysis Basics with R examples" in May 2017 for Stats group meeting, St. Paul's Hospital.
  • Presented in "Introductory R Statistical Software Workshop" in Oct, 2012 for endMS Western Pacific Research & Training. Materials can be obtained from here.
  • Organized and presented on workshop on R (a statistical package) in September 2008  in Department of Statistics, UBC for the graduate students of this department. Slides can be obtained from here.
Julia
  • Presented in “Statistical capabilities of Julia - An 'almost nontechnical' overview for statisticians”, Graduate Students Seminar, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia in November, 2013. Related slides can be found here.
Stata
BUGS
  • Presented in Graduate Students Seminar Series, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Nov, 2012 about "How to pet BUGS". Materials can be viewed from here and relevant R codes can be obtained from here.

Mentorship for New Teaching Assistants

The TA training is stipulated as a part of the teaching assistant assignment for the Department of Statistics, UBC. Following are my contributions to this program:
  • 'TA Training' Trainer / Mentor
  • Evaluating TAs and the training program
    • Designing and implementing the mid-term TA evaluation questionnaire for the Department of Statistics, UBC, 2012-2013
    • Summarizing the mid-term TA evaluation responses for the Department of Statistics TAs and providing feedback to respective TAs, UBC, term 1, 2011
    • Organizing TA feedback session for the Department of Statistics, UBC, term 2, 2012-13
    • Discussing student evaluations individually with each TA for the Department of Statistics, UBC, term 2, 2013
  • Course-specific mentoring of TAs
    • Organizing "STAT 241/251 head TA orientation" for the Department of Statistics, UBC, term 2, 2012
    • Organizing "STAT 203 TA orientation" for the Department of Statistics, UBC, term 1, 2013
  • Preparing TA training materials

My Training Towards Improving Teaching Techniques

  • Participation in Courses that taught Teaching /consulting / presentation Techniques
    • Took Technical Communication Skills I (3 credits course) that aims to teach principles and practice of oral presentations
    • Took Statistical Consulting courses (STAT 550, STAT 551) that aims at teaching how to communicate with clients from various background and offer them professional consultation/help.

Selected comments from anonymous students

From my last course teaching as a course lecturer:
  • "Extremely organized as a professor and enthusiastic. very approachable and super helpful."
  • "The lectures were very organized and clear to follow. The slides and videos were very well made and were very useful for doing the assignments and reviewing for the exams."
  • "Hand-on experience with statistical software (SPSS) Clear lecture slides Assignments followed lecture material and reinforced understanding of the concepts"
  • "The teaching environment was excellent. The class notes were well-prepared and available in advance. It was very useful to attend class - something which is not always the case!"
  • "Individualized feedback was given for every assignment, so we learned from our mistakes and worked to correct it. Ehsan was very responsive to emails for questions throughout the whole semester."
  • "I missed a few classes due to interviews, when I came back Ehsan took the time to meet with me and help me catch up with the material and understand difficult concepts."
  • "Ehsan is a fantastic teacher and genuinely cares about our learning experience. He took feedback during the course to guide how the course proceeds, and was available for extra support through office hours and email as needed."
  • "overall, excellent teacher who truly cares for student success"
  • "our professor has been extremely instrumental in encouraging us to excel.He encouraged questions and always catered to our interests with all the modules. it's good to have a professor motivating us to do better and asking to teach us concepts that were unclear."
  • "Amazing teacher. Great support and help."
From my last course teaching as a TA:
  • "Best TA I have ever had at UBC!"
  • "Best TA I've ever had for any class, very helpful and considerate."
  • "One of the most helpful TAs I have had during my 3 years at UBC. Very considerate and provides a lot of help when needed."
  • "Best TA ever. Very helpful and deserves doughnuts. Knowledgeable and very patient. Concepts are understood after his explanations."
  • "Not really any suggestions, the TA was very helpful and well prepared. He always came around to ask if we had any questions or were having trouble. The TA seems to be able to manage a large group of students well."