[Ads-l] Power lecture

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Feb 8 19:09:27 UTC 2017


> On Feb 8, 2017, at 2:03 PM, Joe Salmons <jsalmons at WISC.EDU> wrote:
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> Good point, Wilson. Maybe not in Wisconsin … ‘lecture’ is a designation used for a 3-hour per week class that’s not a seminar, etc. So, this might be motivated by an effort to distinguish.
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Hmmm.  I don’t remember that, but maybe it’s a more recent nomenclature?  Or maybe my memory has elapsed?

—LH (UW-Madison 1977-80)

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>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Joe Salmons <jsalmons at wisc.edu> wrote:
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>>> basically full-hour lecture where students take notes, etc.
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>> Isn't that just a "lecture"?
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