Thought maybe I'd better make it clear that I'm jsut kidding
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>I loved this. Shoot, maybe instead of writing my own lectures, I'll just
>buy some notes myself.
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>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
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>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
>>Siloam Springs, AR 72761
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych
>>Office: (501)524-7295
>>Fax: (501)524-9548
>>"I can't promise to try but I'll try to try." --Bart Simpson
>>