Teaching linguistic anthropology courses online

[Ken Ehrensal]

At Kutztown and within the PA State System of Higher Education, our  
faculty collective bargaining agreement clearly lays out that  
intellectual property rights remain with the faculty who develops a  
specific version of a course.


Ken Ehrensal
k.ehrensal at mac.com



On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Jim Wilce 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