The temporary traffic signs pointing to the residence halls are up. Suddenly I can't find a place to park like I could on Friday. The cafe on the first floor is open again. The only thing out of the ordinary is that it wasn't 90 degrees this weekend when the students moved in.
I know that some of my students check the blog once in a while, especially grad students, so to all of you I wish you a very sincere welcome.
After a semester off from teaching principles, I feel refreshed and ready get back into the groove. Ask me tomorrow how that's going!
I know that some of my students check the blog once in a while, especially grad students, so to all of you I wish you a very sincere welcome.
After a semester off from teaching principles, I feel refreshed and ready get back into the groove. Ask me tomorrow how that's going!
Prof,
I don't know if this is convenient, or even administratively possible, but I would love to listen to a few of your lectures, especially if they relate the material to current events. Low quality mp3's are fine. Just posting them to archive.org is best from my point of view, but if you must you could follow DeLong's example and use posterous.com or podcast with iTunes.
All the best for the new term.
Thanks for asking. I don't think that posting the lectures is going to happen this semester. One reason I have refrained from it is that I try to interact with students during the lecture, and I worry that publicly posting the lectures would inhibit the interaction. It's hard enough to get people to discuss without the thought that it will be immortalized on the 'net.
However, I am actively looking at ways to overcome this problem, and I think it can be overcome with creative pedagogy.
I'm hoping for a sabbatical one of these semesters soon, and I would probably dedicate some of that time to overcoming all the technical and pedagogical obstacles associated with online lectures. Trust me, it's on my "to do" list.