Chang Hyun Park honoured for distinguished teaching

Chang Hyun Park receives the award for his genuine commitment to student learning and his student-centred approach to teaching. He is skilled at explaining how modern computer hardware works and how advanced programming can be applied in practice.

He combines lectures with discussions and always bases his teaching on established scientific knowledge. This makes the teaching more engaging and encourages students to be active and participate.

Chang Hyun also uses a model called "flipped classroom", which encourages the students to prepare questions ajead the lecture. Lecture time is tthen used to explore topics in greater depth, giving the students the opportunity to ask questions and deepen their underatanding.

Chang Hyun was surprised with the announcement delivered during a digital meeting on May 26:

– It was a very nice mixture of both being pleasantly surprised and feeling rewarded for the thoughts and efforts that I had devoted to my teaching.

I know that there are many teachers in the department who deserve this prize and I hope we continue to nominate our teachers to award them the recognition that they deserve! says Chang Hyan Park.

What is most important in helping students understand difficult concepts?

– One thing that jumps to mind is my effort to try to welcome all student interaction within the classroom.

I make an effort to welcome and appreciate student questions, and really try hard to implement the 'there are no stupid questions' vibe.

And then, there are the special cases where students ask really great questions that just visibly thrill me – you can imagine how passionately I would answer those questions.

Even with these efforts, the classrooms are quite quiet, more so than I would want it, but this only makes every student question that much more valuable and appreciated.

How do you view the future of IT education? What will be most important for today’s students to learn?

– I think this is the most difficult question, yet the most important question that challenges us today.

LLMs have really changed our field, our industries, and expectations for our graduates. Fortunately, we have many teachers who are thinking about this in the department, and I am confident that we will figure it out, Chang Hyun concludes.