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Printz--Lecturecasting is here

LeftASAP · Status: Offline

Let's replace L.A. faculty with recordings of their lectures.

In science and math much of the information is visual, not verbal. (How do you get a diagram on an MP3 player.

) However, in L.A. words are used more than diagrams so let's "make a profit" and get rid of the L.A. faculty.

Is this a great business... or what?

-- Edited by LeftASAP at 10:37, 2006-09-28

Cossack · Status: Offline

As long as it voluntary, it will not be a problem. If it becomes mandatory, there is an issue of who has the property rights to the recording? If it is the university, it could lead to much abuse of faculty. The university could use the recordings long after a faculty member left USM or even after death. That would not be a problem for me since the quality of lectures is such that they would be erased in a timely manner.

Godless Liberal · Status: Offline

I just ordered an I-POD to do this. If you look on the IPOD site, there are tons of free lectures from really good universities, as well as intructional recordings. This has video also, and can be played on any computer (not just Apple), as well as on an IPOD. The main reason I am trying this out is to avoid the WebCT hassle and cost--plus it allows students who have an IPOD a lot of portability--those that don't can view my materials at an computer. Light years ahead of WebCT.

CoBster in Residence · Status: Offline

I'm not sure why faculty are participating in making themselves obsolete. There is no substitute for person to person, face to face interaction. iPods may be cool, but just how long will it be before every faculty member is teaching a 6-course load with 2 of the 6 podcast only?

Sure, it's nifty, but it's not without reason for pause.

Godless Liberal · Status: Offline

CoBster in Residence wrote:

I'm not sure why faculty are participating in making themselves obsolete. There is no substitute for person to person, face to face interaction. iPods may be cool, but just how long will it be before every faculty member is teaching a 6-course load with 2 of the 6 podcast only?

Sure, it's nifty, but it's not without reason for pause.

I will use it to post the ancillaries that I now e-mail out (they tend to get lost in our great e-mail system out there now), as well as videos of classic research. It will not reduce my face to face time one iota (I don't "do" on-line courses). So I am not clear how this could make me obselete... It will, however, make it a lot easier to get the stuff I now use (or would love to use) to students without the hassle of WebCT.