I agree with Cynthia!

Those were my thoughts, too.

Jennifer Withington

Assoc. Professor of Biology

SUNY Oneonta

116 Science I

Oneonta, NY  13820

607-436-3421

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Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 9:46 AM
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Subject: Re: Big Data and Mining College Curriculum

Well, I have to say that what they are compiling is of very narrow utility - in my view any way. I have never selected class readings based on what is most popular, although it is intetesting to see what others use.  When I go do my own "syllabi crawling" on the web when designing or redesigning a course, I look for much more, specifically how the course is taught, what goes on in the classroom,  kinds of work/projects assigned, grading criteria, what level the course is taught at, etc.  I would much rather see a selection of actual syllabi, I learn much more from that than what these folks are doing -  at least so far anyway.

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From: "Greenberg, Jim" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:02/29/2016 9:09 AM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Big Data and Mining College Curriculum

TBers,

Thought some of you might be interested in the Open Syllabus Explorer.  See:

http://explorer.opensyllabusproject.org/

You can read their FAQs here:

http://opensyllabusproject.org/faq/

Jim Greenberg

Jim Dot Greenberg at Oneonta dot edu

607-436-2701

Director TLTC, SUNY Distinguished Service Professional

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY  13820