vern Kays
At 09:49 PM 10/26/96 -0400, Rich France wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Sharon Smith wrote:
>
>> >I have 2 issues I need feedback on.
>> 2)We are launching into teaching courses via teleconferencing.Starting
>> Winter quarter we will be teaching at 5 sites. We are being told 1 class
>> could have 200 students. We are not supposed to use multiple choice tests
>> as per our accrediting agencies (not my choice for good testing anyway).
>> This will be inaddition to 3 other classes here on campus. (A normal load
>> for us is 20 credits per quarter). We've also been told this class may
>> require transmission on Friday night or Saturday. We have no workstudy
>> students or TA's. Since we do not have a union to help us determine what is
>> fair, we need input on what kind of agreements some of y'all have worked out
>> with your schools for handling the distance learning loads.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Sharon Smith
>> Augusta TechnicalInstitute
>> Math Instructor
>> Isa 43:1-3
>> email ssmith@augusta.tec.ga.us
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>Our State System (14 Universities) is also grappling with this problem.
>So far, no statewide agreements (we are unionized). Locally, we have
>worked out some sort of agreement this past week or two. I don't have a
>copy of it as yet, should be getting one soon. At our union rep council
>meeeting two days ago some concerns/suggestions were raised:
>1. Try to avoid student evaluations in distance learning classes. From
>past experience with televised courses, professors get murdered in their
>evaluations compared to traditional classrooms with a human present and
>teaching.
>2. Determine who owns the results of the distance learning episode. Is it
>the intellectual property of the professor or the university?
>3. Try to ensure that distance learning is NOT just another way to reduce
>faculty size.
>
>When I find out more, I'll post it.
>