Teaching linguistic anthropology courses online

[Kerim Friedman]

Regarding intellectual property rights, the biggest concern is when
universities own everything their professors put online - effectively
allowing them to repackage your material as they like without sharing
any revenue they generate from doing so. You might wish to investigate
university policy in this matter. Some schools have managed to create
more teacher-friendly policies whereby they must renegotiate rights
for redistribution/repackaging of these materials. In some cases,
having a more liberal "creative commons" license might actually help
professors, by making it explicit that commercial use is not allowed,
whereas non-commercial re-use is OK as long as there is proper
attribution.

Cheers,

Kerim

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jim Wilce <Jim.Wilce at nau.edu> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am assuming that many of us teach hybrid courses with lots of online
> resources, combined with face-to-face contact in lectures or seminars. I'm
> wondering, however, about experiences you might have had with teaching
> linguistic anthropology courses in an ALL online "environment."
>
> I must say I've been taken aback in hearing "conversion stories" from some
> respected local colleagues (not linguistic anthropologists) who deeply
> distrusted the whole idea but have come to see it as potentially very
> effective, and despite a streak of paranoia they feel their intellectual
> property rights are adequately protected in offering courses online. (On the
> downside, they also tell of investing huge amounts of time in developing
> online courses.)
>
> Until now I've only used Blackboard/Vista to supplement face-to-face
> meetings with students, undergrad as well as grad. Hence my curiosity.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Wilce, Professor of Anthropology
> Northern Arizona University
> Editor, Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture
>