<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Interesting story from The New York Times on the Open Syllabus Project:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://nyti.ms/1K1mefe" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://nyti.ms/1K1mefe</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's the direct link to the project: </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://opensyllabusproject.org/">http://opensyllabusproject.org/</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Beyond the issues raised in the NYT article, the project website might be a potentially useful resource for those planning courses. You might also consider submitting your syllabi directly to the project to provide more representation from linguistic anthropology courses. </div><div><br></div><div>In the NYT article, the authors argue, "we
 think that it is important for schools to move toward a more open 
approach to curriculums. As universities face growing pressure to 
justify their teaching and research missions, we doubt that curricular 
obscurity is helpful. We
 think that the Syllabus Explorer demonstrates how more open strategies 
can support teaching, diversify evaluation practices and offer new 
perspectives on publishing, scholarship and intellectual traditions. But
 as with any newly published work, that judgment now passes out of our 
hands and into yours." </div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>Adam</div><div><br></div><div><p style="line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);letter-spacing:0.4pt">Adam Hodges, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(222,222,222);letter-spacing:0.4pt">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"> Visiting Assistant Professor, English <br></span><a href="mailto:adamhodges@cmu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">adamhodges@cmu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)"> | tel.: <a value="+97444548402">+974 4454-8402</a> | </span><a href="http://works.bepress.com/adamhodges/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">http://works.bepress.com/adamhodges/</span></a></p><p style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt">Carnegie Mellon University</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"> in Qatar<br>PO Box 24866</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(222,222,222);letter-spacing:0.4pt">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt;letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span>Education City </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(222,222,222);letter-spacing:0.4pt">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"> Doha, Qatar <br></span></p><p style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);letter-spacing:0.4pt"><img src="http://adamhodges.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cmuq.png"></span></p></div></div>