Thank you all for your responses. My intuition agreed with Nancy's thoughts.
All of the courses are of course cleared through the various committees so there should be no real reason for such a request except for some form of assessment. I think the request comes from a department head without much experience and probably just figures that department heads should have access to everything at any time. --Mike On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, drnanjo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 <[email protected]> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > <[email protected]> > 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 > that the department head have access (viewing only I presume) to his > online 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'? > In what way? > > Or is the 'sense' a mild form of administrative paranoia that they > have to know everything that goes on? > Or is the 'sense' just because they want to know? > > -- > -- Mike > > For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. > (Hemingway) > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=7957 > or send a blank email to > leave-7957-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=7959 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-7959-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- -- Mike For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn. (Hemingway) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7976 or send a blank email to leave-7976-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
