If you are technically savvy, and interested in serving as a teacher’s assistant in one of the summer Mises Academy courses in exchange for free enrollment in the course plus a $50 Mises Store coupon, feel free to apply using the procedures below. And to hear back about whether positions have been filled, and to stay up to date with future opportunities, join the Mises TA Google Group.
If you are selected to TA for a Mises Academy course, you will receive free enrollment in the particular course, plus a $50 Mises Store digital coupon that you will receive after the course is complete.
(Terminology note, regarding software: “Webex” is the online system we use for our live lectures. ”Moodle” is the online system we use for everything else, including registration, assignments, and grades.
- Before assisting the class, you’ll need to attend an online 1-hour training meeting.
- Also, you will need to help set up the Moodle “Syllabus Page”, if it isn’t already set up.
- You need to be available to attend each online lecture live. For the vast majority of the time, you can just watch and enjoy the lecture like any other student. But there are just a few couple technical support things you’ll need to do at the beginning and at the end. Also if any technical emergencies come up, you’ll need to try to help.
- In addition to the time doing preliminary training/set-up and watching/supporting each weekly lecture, you’ll need to do an estimated 1.5 hours/week of other support work.
The following are the regular weekly tasks
- Editing and improving Powerpoint slideshows
- Attending and supporting the weekly lectures
- Posting resource updates to the Moodle Syllabus Page
In addition there are the following ad hoc tasks
- Create various Moodle elements as needed.
- Responding to student Moodle help requests.
If you are interested, please send me (not the mailing list) an email (my email address is tunecede@gmail.com) including
- The course you would like to sign up for.
- One paragraph on why you would be a good fit for this. Focus primarily on computer skills, dependability, and customer relations.
- One reference (name, relationship, and email).
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