tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070053904538802680.post7568758463775277570..comments2023-09-01T12:42:38.329-07:00Comments on Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture: Sloan-C Conference ReflectionsMichelle Pacansky-Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373124619557441649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070053904538802680.post-36355767265936209812007-12-03T12:55:00.000-08:002007-12-03T12:55:00.000-08:00To bring up something you mentioned in an email, M...To bring up something you mentioned in an email, Michelle, the Sacramento Bee recently published an article about a <A HREF="http://www.sacbee.com/education/story/534788.html" REL="nofollow">CSUS prof going all-podcast.</A><BR/><BR/>(Registration may be required.)<BR/><BR/>I'm a bit concerned with where this is all taking us. . Here's an example of a prof who, basically, doesn't ever have to lecture again. He just posts his podcasts online and has his TAs do all the work grunt work. The students may never see their prof. Instead, all person-to-person contact is with the TAs, who are inexperienced teachers.<BR/><BR/>It is, in my opinion, a great disservice to students who attend a university on the basis of its allegedly great teachers and discover, to their dismay, that all they get is a disembodied voice and interaction with TAs who are barely older than they are.<BR/><BR/>While online education is definitely the wave of the future, and it has its place, there is also something intrinsically unique about the university experience -- the "coming together" of minds in one place to share the educational experience.<BR/><BR/>Podcasts -- and any online material -- ought to be a supplement to good in-class interaction.Barry Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142746865672301098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070053904538802680.post-55729812839114603272007-12-02T20:44:00.000-08:002007-12-02T20:44:00.000-08:00Hi, Michelle.I really did enjoy going back to the ...Hi, Michelle.<BR/>I really did enjoy going back to the museum. It was a lot of fun, but I wish I had had a little more time to stay there. <BR/>The baby is my newest niece, Payton (born on 11/09), and the other little girl is my second niece Taylor (2 1/2yrs), and I have one more niece, Haley (5yrs). Payton was born a month early after 8 months of many problems for both her and my sister-in-law; both of her sisters both were sick with the flu and were staying with me until they got better so they wouldn't get mom or the baby sick, so that's why I've been a little behind these last few weeks and I appologize for that. Things have calmed down finally so I think I am back on track just in time for the end of the semester!Nicole Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526036144448830670noreply@blogger.com