Thanks that was interesting and sane. I guess I should blog my own comments on this article. I really only became successful in school with email available because I could focus in email on course material rather than dropping in on offices where thoughts are incomplete and partial. I think some of these rules discussed are only variations on email etiquette that everyone should read about before writing email. Peter in Ottawa On 23-Feb-06, at 7:50 PM, Aaron Clauset wrote:
Tim Burke (Swarthmore College) has blogged about this article twice, both times with interesting discussion of the issue, and had one of the professors interviewed in the NYTimes article weigh-in on the topic.
http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/
On Feb 23, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Peter Timusk wrote:
Hi I find this interesting and you may too. As it is both about an internet topic and about ourselves as people in schools and our email use. i would be interested in discussing this or learning more about it if others have examples or research sources on the topic.
EDUCATION | February 21, 2006 To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me By JONATHAN D. GLATER E-mail has made college professors more approachable, but many say it has made them too accessible, erasing boundaries that had kept students at a healthy distance.
Click here for the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/education/21professors.html? ex=1141275600&en=320d60b3b8dd6306&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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