Tbers,
Much of the material I forward to this group comes from the "Tomorrow's
Professor" center at Stanford University. Recently this center teamed with
a group at MIT to form a more interactive version of this service called
"Tomorrow's Professor Discussion Center". More details are provided below.
Mr. James B. Greenberg
Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
Milne Library
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: 607-436-2701
fax: 607-436-3081
IM: oneontatltc
"Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"
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From: Rick Reis <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:26:01 -0800
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: TP SPECIAL NOTICE - TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR DISCUSSION CENTER
Folks:
The posting below describes a soon to be instituted online Tomorrow's
Professor Discussion Center, sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Many of you have asked that such a capability be
added to the Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List and I am delighted
that MIT has agreed to provide it. Specific details on how to
participate will be provided in early January, 2006 but for now if
you have any suggestions, as requested below, please send them to
Professor Paul Lagace, at [[log in to unmask] ]
Regards,
Rick Reis
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TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR DISCUSSION CENTER
A place for discussion about higher education
October, 2005
The "Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List" has grown since its inception
in 1998 to now include over 25,000 subscribers at over 650 academic
institutions, in over 100 countries. These twice-per-week mailings
provide thoughts from various authors on a number of topics of
interest to all faculty looking ahead -- both those early in their
careers and those already well into them. Despite the general
success of this program, this is very much a "one-way" effort with
material going out to the subscribers. A number of readers have, at
times, sent responses to the editor, but have also expressed a desire
to be able to reach out to other subscribers and to share thoughts
and hear thoughts of colleagues from around the world.
With this in mind, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Stanford University have joined forces to produce such a forum. We
are happy to announce that the "The Tomorrow's Professor Discussion
Center" weblog will begin operation in early 2006 -- shortly after
the usual December break in postings of "The Tomorrow's Professor
Mailing List". This site will provide subscribers with the
opportunity to post their thoughts concerning particular postings, to
read the thoughts from others, and to have ongoing exchanges with
colleagues from around the world. We also look to the day where we
can begin to gather this information and provide an ability to save
such for longer term sharing.
The details of this site, including operations and other items, will
be sent to all subscribers early in the new year when the site begins
official operation. At the present time, as we work to finalize the
details of the website, we are looking for any suggestions you may
have on ways that the site should operate, options you would like to
see, or any other thoughts you would like to share. Paul Lagace, of
M.I.T., is coordinating the work on this website and we ask that you
send him email at [log in to unmask] if you have any such items.
We very much look forward to beginning the operation of this website
and to "hearing" from our colleagues in higher education.
best wishes,
Rick Reis Paul Lagace
Consulting Professor Professor of Aeronautics and
Astronautics & Engineering
Systems
Stanford University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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