I loved this. Shoot, maybe instead of writing my own lectures, I'll just
buy some notes myself.
At 08:07 PM 9/9/99 -0700, Gary Peterson wrote:
> I was thinking, I could get Zimbardo's notes for General--just assign
>the students to use his notes and I would come to class for
>discussion/demos, and assessment. Of course, some profs would still have to
>lecture so that students could get their notes, but since people don't think
>much of lectures now-a-days, why not just have electronic books, or students
>take notes from the book and post them on the web? Now, are there ethical
>and copyright issues to consider? Intellectual property rights? If my
>students use notes from someone at UCLA and exercises from someone at Boston
>can they put on their resume that they had coursework from these
>institutions? Class evaluations would be interesting. If we could each
>prepare a video lecture and transmit this to other classrooms of the future,
>I would pick out some tipsters to make presentations on various areas,
>transmit their notes to the students, and I'd be happy to do likewise for
>others. Isn't this possible now via web instruction? Students could just
>go to the contributor's respective web sites to take an exam or solve
>problems, etc. As these are completed, appropriate documentation obtained,
>then I pass or otherwise give a grade for the course. Students can fashion
>their own course work from notes and on-line programs. I could check to see
>if I thought notes from Zimbardo's class were worthwhile. Now, when the Net
>goes down there might be a problem, but each student would be working at a
>different pace and the course would not have to conform to quarters or
>semesters...a kind of Keller method? Interesting possibilities to consider.
>Gary
>
>Gerald (Gary) L. Peterson, Ph.D.
>Professor, Department of Psychology
>Saginaw Valley State University
>University Center, MI 48710
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>1-517-790-4491
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Froman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 2:04 PM
>Subject: Re: StudentU.com
>
>
>Nina Tarner writes on 9 Sep 99,:
>
>> Faculty can also protect themselves from having their notes posted on the
>web
>> by copyrighting the notes.
>
>Or, you could just do what I and others do and post your notes to the web.
>I
>actually post my powerpoint presentations to the web for all to see. Having
>the notes should not be equivalent to the experience of being in class and
>taking your own notes. If it is, let's just sell the notes with the
>textbook and
>all get together for the final exam.
>
>Rick
>
>
>Dr. Rick Froman
>Psychology Department
>Box 3055
>John Brown University
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