Susi makes a good point for people who are brought in as experts and not currently teaching.
Perhaps those of us who are currently teaching could consider putting together some sort of a cooperative though? For example, I'm currently teaching my environmental sociology class to advanced undergrads and some graduate students. I've got online classes coming up when we resume on: climate change, environmental attitudes and behaviors, post materialism, the environmental movement, environmental justice, food and waste, and environmental stewardship. If anyone on the list wanted to discuss a swap on one of these topics for something that I am an expert in and frequently give talks about (such as environmental activism, environmental stewardship, environmental protest, climate politics and echo chambers), I'd be happy to see if we can make something work... I hope everyone else is staying safe in these crazy times! Dana --- Dana R. Fisher, Ph.D. New Book: AMERICAN RESISTANCE <http://americanresistancebook.com/reviews/> Director, Program for Society and the Environment Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building 3834 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742 drfis...@umd.edu / phone: 301-405-6469 www.drfisher.umd.edu @Fisher_DanaR pronouns: She/Her On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:03 AM promu...@susannemoser.com < promu...@susannemoser.com> wrote: > Hi Ron, > As someone who often is a guest speaker, just remember that your guest > speakers are going through their own little hell of adjusting everything > they do right now. So, check your speaker budgets and consider being > generous. The usual couple hundred bucks doesn't even begin to cover the > time a good speaker spends to prepare a good talk or even just the time > they spend coming to your class. > > So, one more layer of attitude and institutional shift here: compensate > people adequately for their time. Do not assume they can afford volunteer > time right now. And consider inviting people who are losing work and income > right now due to COVID19 and offer them a decent stipend to help them out. > > That way, you getting help actually helps, not burdens, someone else too. > > Best to all and stay sane and healthy, > Susi > > Sent from tiny phone. Forgive typos > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Ronald Mitchell <rmitc...@uoregon.edu> > Date: 3/17/20 11:31 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: GEPED <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [gep-ed] just a thought > > One other thought on the whole online learning thing – Zoom or other apps > for streaming lectures might be an excellent, low-carbon way to bring in > guest speakers. We could each “trade” guest lectures on our well-known > subjects (the lectures we can give in our sleep), reducing workload of > developing lectures for us while giving our students better content. > > > > I am not offering to coordinate this – just a suggestion in case anyone > thinks it’s a good idea. > > > > Ron > > > > Ronald Mitchell, Professor > > Department of Political Science and Program in Environmental Studies > > University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284 > > rmitc...@uoregon.edu > > https://rmitchel.uoregon.edu/ > > IEA Database Director: https://iea.uoregon.edu/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/5e720008.1c69fb81.ac93b.3bb6SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/5e720008.1c69fb81.ac93b.3bb6SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAMXTsQ9%2BuPfqAVZH%2BgGgzg4GK%2B_-O6TYXoKC7anCDWAUA1qMZg%40mail.gmail.com.
