Re: Web Courses

Sharon Smith (ssmith@ADMIN1.AUGUSTA.TEC.GA.US)
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 10:47:42 -0500

This disease (deans and vp's jumping on bandwagons and
>trying to drag teachers along sound familar with internet learning) seems
to be sweeping campuses everywhere. Unfortunately the guinea pigs are going
to be our students (as usual). Our problem is students who can't read
textbooks to start with and now they are going to be motivated to read the
internet? My boss's philosophy is just keep getting better at what you're
doing and sit quietly until the debris settles.

>To all the old hands on this list
>
>Does all of this business of deans and vp's jumping on bandwagons and
>trying to drag teachers along sound familar? How many times have we seen
>this in the last 3 or 4 decades and is education( particularly math
>education ) any better off for any of them? To the teachers who are being
>pressured - just tell the deans and vp's that you will be happy to develop
>a very good Web course or anything else but that you need at least 2 years
>of 100% release time and $100,000 worth of equipment. Of course you might
>also mention that you could accomplish a lot more by just having a maximum
>class size of 5 students per year.
>
>My apologies for the sarcasm. I'm giving final exams and that always puts
>me in a foul mood.
>
>Wayne F. Mackey
>SCEN #301
>University of Arkansas
>(501) 575-7661
>wmackey@comp.uark.edu
>
>
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Sharon Smith
Augusta TechnicalInstitute
Math Instructor
Isa 43:1-3
email ssmith@augusta.tec.ga.us
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