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 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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August 19, 2009
The reasons listed here are
The reasons listed here are all about insecurity or fear. Sounds like academics are a pathetic lot. But in actuality, for many, it’s about intellectual property. They have done the work, they don’t want some lazy ass stealing their syllabus.
Whether that’s a good or bad reason is debatable, but it’s much different than all these really silly imposter syndrome etc. things.
August 28, 2009
In Texas, where I teach, it
In Texas, where I teach, it is now law that course outlines must be posted online. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/HB02504F.htm