Really? I would say that it's a darned good example of teaching. I work in a student service area, and believe me it's kilometres away from teaching. Like Hughie I resist the ideas of students as consumers in the classroom. Sure they are 'serviced' by the university, and its processes and procedures should treat them as consumers. The online learning system, the library, their access to their results or the internet are ways that the university supports them in their education. Their education is something they work out for themselves in conjunction with the teaching staff. M-H On 17/03/2007, at 1:26 AM, James Whyte wrote:
I would say that you have given a darned good example of you "serving" your students (customers)
James
Hugemusic <hmusic@ozemail.com.au> wrote: Whenever I've taught online journalism, or other forms of specifically online communication, I make my students blog - specifically to make them aware of the public nature of what is published on the web. I set up a blog for them in the class name using a tool like blogger and ask them to post ... using an alias, or student number, or whatever name THEY choose on any topic they like. Then I make them search for their blog posts, then I make them contact a friend and ask them whether they could find the blog post by searching.