Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 562.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
[1] From: Eric Johnson <johnsone@jupiter.dsu.edu> (21)
Subject: Newman and Internet teaching
[2] From: lachance@chass.utoronto.ca (Francois Lachance) (21)
Subject: Re: 14.0558 universities, Newman, Internet teaching
[3] From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni- (22)
dortmund.de>
Subject: [DistanceLearning] online discussion about teaching in
for-profit, distance education institutions
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:41:23 +0000
From: Eric Johnson <johnsone@jupiter.dsu.edu>
Subject: Newman and Internet teaching
My posting about Newman and Internet teaching seems to have hit a
nerve. I cannot reply to all of the points raised, but I would like to
say the following.
Starting in 1990, I have taught at least one course via Internet almost
every year. All of my courses were about computing for the humanities --
with a focus on text processing. Some of them were programming courses.
Most of them have been graduate courses, but some have been upper-division
undergraduate courses. I have gained a good deal of satisfaction teaching
these courses, as have most of my students. My article "The World Wide
Web, Computers, and Teaching Literature" is on the web:
http://www.dsu.edu/~johnsone/webprof.html
and it should be read by those interested in the subject of teaching via
Internet.
In any case, like some other teachers, I have felt significant
frustration teaching online. It seems to me that Newman has a good point
in stressing that books (and other non face-to-face methods of teaching)
can never have the same impact as a good teacher in a classroom with
students.
--Eric Johnson
johnsone@jupiter.dsu.edu
http://www.dsu.edu/~johnsone/
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:41:45 +0000
From: lachance@chass.utoronto.ca (Francois Lachance)
Subject: Re: 14.0558 universities, Newman, Internet teaching
Willard,
I made some impressionistic remark about gender and research reports about
online teaching.
Anyone wanting to test the well-foundedness of ther remark might wish to
peruse the proceedings from two annual online conferences about online
teaching:
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/tcon2000
Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference
http://as1.ipfw.edu/2000tohe
Teaching Online in Higher Education
through the lens and filter of Sherry Turkle's work in _The Second Self:
Computers and the Human Spirit_ and in _Life on the Screen: Identity in
the Age of the Internet_ as well as the research collected in Dale
Spender's _Man-Made Language_ (especially the findings about turn taking
in conversation). I have yet to be apprized of the contents of Ms.
Spender's _Nattering on the Net : Women, Power and Cyberspace_. Perhaps a
subscriber to Humanist might venture a summary and an opinion.
--
Francois Lachance, Scholar-at-large
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~lachance
Member of the Evelyn Letters Project
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dchamber/evelyn/evtoc.htm
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:43:32 +0000
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: [DistanceLearning] online discussion about teaching in
for-profit, distance education institutions
Dear Humanists,
((Hello --perceiving the present discussions related to Corporate
University and Academic..I thought, this might interest
you..thanks..-Arun))
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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:29:35 -0500
From: Scott.Jaschik@chronicle.com
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The Chronicle of Higher Education is sponsoring a live, online discussion
on Thursday, December 14 at 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern time on teaching in
for-profit, distance-education institutions. The discussion is based on a
profile in the new issue of The Chronicle of Sally Silberman, an instructor
at New York University's new, online for-profit subsidiary. Ms. Silberman,
who will respond to questions and comments in the chat, is an example of a
new kind of academic in higher education -- hired for her business savvy
and practical experience, not for academic degrees.
The Chronicle invites members of this list to read the profile of Ms.
Silberman and to pose questions and comments for the online chat at
<http://chronicle.com/colloquylive>
Advance questions and comments are encouraged.
Scott Jaschik
Editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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