Well, how is this really different from current web-based course
instruction?
And might this not be a great way to learn, with so many varied
inputs? I personally borrow lots of new information or ideas
from other websites that have lecture notes posted! I think it
is a great way to expand one's knowledge base!
Would this be so bad for students?--I wouldn't want a complete course
based this way but what a great idea for assignments!
annette
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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
> >
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