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At 02:39 PM 10/27/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Anyone with completed language on the issues discussed here, I would like to
>see them. We are in the same process. IFT has a handbook out with sample
>language written in model contracts.
>
>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.
>>
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Sharon Smith
Augusta TechnicalInstitute
Math Instructor
Isa 43:1-3
email ssmith@augusta.tec.ga.us
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