Though I am a department head currenly, I can only speculate. I'd never ask to look at a faculty member's online course shell unless there were some compelling cause.
And even with a compelling cause the union and contract tend to exert a lot of restrictions on such activity. For example, nothing of an evaluative nature can take place in a physical or online classroom unless 1) it's the scheduled time for that evaluation or 2) there's some major complaint about the instructional quality. Something super serious, not just "this teacher is soooooo unfair..." Could this have to do with Student Learning Outcomes? At LBCC we are under quite a bit of duress from administration to place SLOs on our syllabi, even if we don't agree with the philosophy behind their construction and assessment. Maybe this instructor has yet to show evidence of placing them in a location at the sites where students will be made aware of them? I'll keep thinking about it. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -----Original Message----- From: Michael Smith <tipsl...@gmail.com> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 9:13 am Subject: [tips] Curious about department heads I'm curious about what TIPsters think. A friend of mine received an email from his department head requesting hat the department head have access (viewing only I presume) to his nline courses (I think 'classes you teach' was the actual words). The reason being because the department head thinks that it "makes sense". I was wondering what TIPster's thought of the 'makes sense' part. Does it really 'make sense'? n what way? Or is the 'sense' a mild form of administrative paranoia that they ave to know everything that goes on? r is the 'sense' just because they want to know? -- - Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. Hemingway) --- ou are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. o unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=7957 r send a blank email to leave-7957-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7959 or send a blank email to leave-7959-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
