I use the Open Courseware videos, but not in the manner the creators may have intended for them. I pick a segment of a course to show as a sample of an instructor teaching and then do a role-play activity on conducting a classroom peer observation and providing feedback to the instructor.
Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 e-mail: [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:08 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Are We All Doomed? A curious article in the in Washington Post about how Colleges, as we currently know them with buildings and campuses, may be gone in 10 to 20 years as online courses serve as inexpensive alternatives; see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR200909 1104312_pf.html Yes, we've heard similar arguments in the past but the concept that there are "redundancies" in the higher education system (e.g., how many versions of an intro course out there? why not get top instructors, video their lectures and provide appropriate web-based support and then make this course available for credit anywhere?) and an "efficient market" will reduce or eliminate these redundancies (i.e., tenured faculty). That reminds me, how many of you use the MIT online courseware? See: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm and http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/index.htm -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
