To get around that problem, the individual can hire teaching assistants to manage subsets of the courses. He¹s the instructor¹ but he is actually a corporation that provides instructors unbeknownst to the hiring universities. Eventually it will be acknowledged as such and the instructor will be listed as ³Academic Course Management Enterprises² (ACME) Not too long after that ACME will be purchased by Google or Microsoft.
I¹m not sure what can be done about it in a country with a dominant culture that treats corporations as equivalent to people (maybe superior to people) and corporations as the proper and ultimate solution to all problems. -- Paul Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA On 8/17/09 10:25 AM, "Beth Benoit" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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, <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> >> >> ---- Original message ---- >>> >Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:44:03 -0400 >>> >From: "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> >>> >Subject: [tips] News: Cash for Courses - Inside Higher Ed >>> >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >>> <[email protected]> >>> > >>> > 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 >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ >>> > >>> > ========================== >>> > >>> > --- >>> > To make changes to your subscription contact: >>> > >>> > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
