Harry: Thanks for the piece of institutional history. It is crucial that those who can tell such SUCO stories, do so!!!! Steve. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven J. Gilbert, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology State University of New York, College at Oneonta [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Home Page: http://employees.oneonta.edu/gilbersj/stevepage.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: Teaching Breakfast List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pence, Harry ([log in to unmask]) Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:18 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: BEWARE! Reminiscences ahead! The recent pepper-spray stupidity at UC Davis has caused me to remember when this campus was faced with a similar situation in the 1970s. The first time our students peacefully sat in at the Administration Building, I was one of several faculty who were called upon by then-Provost Cliff Craven to consult about what action, if any, should be taken. There was an "advisor" at the meeting from SUNY Central Administration, and I clearly remember him pointing his finger at Cliff and saying, "If you don't call in the State Police and have all those people arrested, I will have you fired." Cliff responded quietly, but firmly, "These are our students; we will not treat them like criminals!" As a young faculty member I marveled at Cliff's willingness to risk his job to protect our students. I remember feeling proud that I worked at an institution where an administrator could take such a risk. The threat from SUNY Central turned out to be little more than hot air, but there was no way for any of us to know that at the time. I hope that as we marvel at the stupidity and cowardice of the Chancellor of UC Davis, we remember that there are many other administrators who are still doing the right thing, even if there are professional risks involved. I am happy to point out that we are fortunate to have had more than one such administrator here. Harry E. Pence SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus SUNY Oneonta ________________________________ From: Teaching Breakfast List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Greenberg, Jim Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Power of Stanford's Free Onine Education Janet, Here is a link to one of the courses: https://www.ai-class.com/ If you click the "Visitor" link (enrollment is closed at this point) you can browse through the course and look at the time table, assignments, materials, etc. I've looked through the first section of the course (watched all the videos, taken a quiz or two and participated in some discussions) and it is very very impressive. All that said, I have no idea how they are grading all the papers, quizzes, and discussion postings. My guess is an army of grad students, but I honestly don't know. 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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> phone: 607-436-2701 fax: 607-436-3677 Twitter: greenbjb "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever" From: Janet Nepkie <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Teaching List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:50:56 -0500 To: Teaching List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: The Power of Stanford's Free Onine Education Jim, Thanks for reporting about this interesting online course. Who corrected the hundreds of assignments for the class? I'd be interested to know who among our own faculty have been involved, or would like to be involved, with a similar project. Thanks Janet Dr. J. Nepkie SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Professor of Music and Music Industry Fine Arts 145 State University College Oneonta, NY 13820 tele: (607) 436 3425 fax: 607 436 2718 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: "Greenberg, Jim" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Teaching Breakfast List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:54 -0500 To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: The Power of Stanford's Free Onine Education TBers, Today's TB discussion orbited around online instruction in High School and what that might mean for us in Higher Ed. It made me think of this one: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678792/youtube-u-the-power-of-stanfords-free-online-education Enjoy and our final TB meeting of this semester is Dec. 7 at 8 am outside Starbucks. Hope to see you there. 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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> phone: 607-436-2701 fax: 607-436-3677 Twitter: greenbjb "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"