About
SOI Asia (School on Internet Asia/read: soi-asia) Project was established in 2001 with the objective of achieving education collaborations between Southeast Asian universities on the internet, utilizing the infrastructure technology developed by AI³ Project. SOI Asia has been implementing human resource development programs in Asia in various fields, including information technology, security, marine technologies, environmental issues, cultural understandings, disaster management, and entrepreneurship. And from 2008, with cooperation with UNESCO, SOI Asia also contributes to the development of the next generation of global human resources, especially in science and technology.
APIE(Asia Pacific Internet Engineer) program is a one of a component of SOI Asia activities. The APIE program will help university students and young people in the Asia Pacific region looking to improve their employability potential and build the network engineering and operation skills needed to meet the global demand for Internet engineers in industry and academia, including research and education networks (REN).
In this internship program, the badge holder worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for the APIE Core Course.
Criteria
- Full participation in activities during the Internship period
- Final report
Course Content
Please check the following CFPs for program details from each batch period.
- Batch02 TA(May.2022 to Aug.2022)
- Batch03 TA(Sep.2023 to Nov.2023)
- Batch04 TA(Apr.2024 to Jun.2024)
- Batch05 TA (Aug.2024 to Nov.2024)
- Batch06 TA (Feb.2025 to Apr.2025)
TA roles in the program
TA supports the APIE program operation during the core courses. The actual roles of TA are;
- Development of teaching materials (Such as quiz questions for E-Workshops)
- Facilitate discussion on both at Realtime(E-Workshop) and Online courses (Discussion in FutureLearn)
- Attendance and homework management
- Support students in both face to face and online in the local
- Answer questions from students on email and Slack
- Work with platform team to issue open badges and certificates for learners
- Design and implement local events (such as info sessions, study hours)
- Other class management roles
Course Achievement
The badge holder can
- Can mentor students studying in online courses, both online and face-to-face.
- Can facilitate English discussion in small groups
- Can work with other team members from different countries.