Robert Lanzafame
Robert is a Senior Lecturer at TU Delft in the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
Originally a geotechnical engineer from California who loves geology, he finds it funny that he now lives in a country that is nearly entirely devoid of rocks. Luckily he found other passions to keep him busy: Robert is responsible for a module taken by all 300 of the incoming MSc students to the faculty each year: Modelling, Uncertainty and Data for Engineers (MUDE), which is a challenging but rewarding blend of technical topics, computers, mathematical theory and---most importantly---a diverse blend of students and colleagues.
Robert is always excited to share the innovative teaching approaches used in MUDE, of which TeachBooks and online interactive textbooks in general play a central role.
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As modern teaching materials include an increasingly diverse array of digital formats, it becomes essential for teachers to easily and effectively share material with students online. We will introduce you to TeachBooks (our own TU Delft flavor of Jupyter Books), and how it can be an essential tool for collaborative and effective teaching. This presentation will introduce our community and challenge you to join. Whether you're a decision maker, programmer or (future) book author, anyone can contribute to an online book (really---all you need to be able to do is use a keyboard). Getting started with a template book for all your students and colleagues to see and interact with online takes only 10 clicks!