I can't imagine that an online course would last long if it were taught by someone who has 50-100 online courses to teach. There would be no rehiring, since there aren't enough hours in the day for one person to actually run that many. And the message would quickly go out that that person isn't doing the job. I typically teach two online courses per semester - once in a while three - at one college (Granite State College) and then have one or two regular classroom courses (at Plymouth State University). The online courses require about twice as much time on my part as the classroom courses - and that's with a cap of 20 students per class.
Maybe the diploma mill places would do it, but that's a whole different problem. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM, <tay...@sandiego.edu> wrote: > I was just about to forward to my dept a psychteach post from today that > "advertizes" someone's services as a distance learning professor--he is > looking for more courses to teach. > > This is what I envision: a few enterprising people getting very rich > teaching maybe 50 or 100 online courses a semester--same course offered > through many colleges nationwide--and maybe sponsored by not just pharma > companies, but any company--blog sites, twitter come to mind as well as any > electronics that could be used with the course for say, listening to > podcasts, and seeing video segments, and finally any foods or beverages > (alcoholic included, after all pharma is there already) that young college > students like. > > The future of education?? > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > tay...@sandiego.edu > > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:44:03 -0400 > >From: "Christopher D. Green" <chri...@yorku.ca> > >Subject: [tips] News: Cash for Courses - Inside Higher Ed > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" < > tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > > > > I can see it now: > > > > "Welcome to Psy327 - Psychopharmacology, brought to > > you by Eli Lilly, makers of Prozac. When you're > > feeling down, ask your doctor about Prozac. And now > > on to the course..." > > > > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/17/ccsf > > > > Chris > > -- > > > > Christopher D. Green > > Department of Psychology > > York University > > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > > Canada > > > > > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > > chri...@yorku.ca > > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > > ========================== > > > > --- > > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
