Hi Annette, I still look at all the posts, reply to some, delete others, ignore some....
Recently I asked about articles for abnormal psych...got one response, "Send me the articles others mention." I still enjoy TIPS and feel it has helped me in many ways to be a good teacher. Yes, I also wonder about Stephen Black. I have always learned from his e-mails. He recently sent a post but it has been a long long time. JIm > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [tips] Where have all the tipsters gone? > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:20:02 +0000 > > I have wondered over the years where all the tipsters have gone off to. > > If I had to guess, I would guess that most of us who have lasted are folks > who are older, who remember the days when tips was the only show in town and > we all attended, religiously. Perhaps a bit of nostalgia and perhaps a bit of > tolerance for posts that annoy us. For example, there is one "blogger" type > whose posts I find very informative and another whose posts lead me to hit > the delete key immediately. But I welcome having the ability to make the > decision, as neither is allowed to post on some other lists because otherwise > I would not have learned and grown from the one I whose posts resonate with > me. > > My first teaching list was a research methods list started by Earl Babbie, I > believe, and which has since disappeared. TIPS was the second and I believe I > have been a tipster since the beginning, although I don't know if it's > "checkable" or that it matters much. It was just so wonderful to make this > group of friends. And there are tipsters that I wonder if they are still OK > because I know they are older and they stop posting for long periods of time, > and I have never seen a posting from them on another teaching list. (Anyone > heard from Allen E. lately?) We never meet these people, but when they pass > away there is a small empty space left in cyber space. > > I just wonder if the younger folks prefer the oversight of other lists, and > if so, why. For me, that would be a fascinating study. Also, whether it is an > age-related difference, both in terms of age chronologically and > professionally. We sometimes get into minor "cat fights" on this list and it > might be something that busy people, unless it's a topic they feel strongly > about, might not appreciate. I appreciate the underlying search for > information, the logic of the arguments, and sometimes even the content. But > I am getting ready to retire so I might see these qualities in a different > light than someone who needs the widest net for an immediate small problem: > i.e., which textbook should I use for blah blah class? > > That said, I wonder if younger/newer/busier folks actually like the > restriction of having a monitored list? Personally, I dislike it and although > I am also on that other psych teaching list, I don't reply as often, or post > as many queries because of the extra step to oversee my postings. I just > dislike it. Again, I do wonder how much of that is age-related. > > However, the down side of a small list is that sometimes I get no responses > at all on this list. > > Anyway, psychology related, and perhaps teaching related in terms of > engagement issues: what makes one list more popular than another? What can we > learn from how the lists have developed relative to how we teach? Where have > all the tipsters gone? > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [email protected] > ________________________________________ > From: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest > [[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:00 PM > To: tips digest recipients > Subject: tips digest: November 11, 2012 > Subject: Re: A recommendation for unique TIPS posters > From: "Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D." <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:25:36 -0700 > On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > > > If your goal is to influence, if your goal is to hear from like minded or > > different minded persons, if your goal is to start conversations, blogging > > and micro-blogging are both better suited than an old-school email list > > that has only a few dozen members. > > I agree. > > On the other hand, long-time members have an affection for this place that is > difficult to resist; and old-timers who post their "blog-like" pieces here > may not want feedback from anyone but the 'cyber-friends' they have developed > on this list. TIPS is a very unique place and it's hard to believe that it's > still going strong--not like the old days, where there might be 90+ messages > each day (perhaps it only seemed to be that many messages), but still quite > active. > > Blogging can be fun, though; and for me, it's another way to keep learning > about this extremely diverse discipline of ours. > > By the end of this academic year, I will have left all the > quasi-administrative and related positions I've had for the past 10+ years > and will return to teaching full-time. Thus, just this past week, I started a > blog with two goals in mind: to answer students' questions in more depth and > to teach psychology to a wider audience. > > But the most important goal, I think, is to help me learn (and re-learn) more > about psychology, which for too long has been something that seemed like a > luxury I couldn't afford because of all the time needed to do the work I was > getting paid for. > > I hope to start contributing to TIPS more regularly, too, just like the old > days :-) > > Best, > Jeff > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > PSY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ > Knowing Ourselves: http://psysci.com/ > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139710&n=T&l=tips&o=21642 > or send a blank email to > leave-21642-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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