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Profs reluctant to share syllabi online

It’s that time of year. Profs across the country are busy preparing their courses for the fall term and producing a detailed syllabus for each course they will teach. How many are willing to circulate drafts of their course outlines, especially online, to seek suggestions, comments and feedback? Not many, in my experience. This blog post…

It’s that time of year. Profs across the country are busy preparing their courses for the fall term and producing a detailed syllabus for each course they will teach. How many are willing to circulate drafts of their course outlines, especially online, to seek suggestions, comments and feedback? Not many, in my experience. This blog post suggests some of the reasons why. It goes on to urge reluctant profs to reconsider.

To all the j-profs out there, do you share your outlines online?

It’s that time of year. Profs across the country are busy preparing their courses for the fall term and producing a detailed syllabus for each course they will teach. How many are willing to circulate drafts of their course outlines, especially online, to seek suggestions, comments and feedback? Not many, in my experience. This blog post suggests some of the reasons why. It goes on to urge reluctant profs to reconsider.

To all the j-profs out there, do you share your outlines online?

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