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From: lewis@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Bil Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Ph.D.'s and Teaching (Student's
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Date: 12 Jan 88 18:33:30 GMT
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  Re: Dan's comment about taping teaching.

  Here at Stanford, a good number of the courses are broadcast over the
SU TV network to local industry.  All of these courses are (of course)
taped; the tapes then being left in the library where players are available.

  A few things I have noticed:

o	Most of the teachers make very little effort to take advantage
	of the TV classroom.  A good number use a televised pad instead
	of the blackboard, resulting in a disembodied pen talking at them.

o	I have watched a good number of other people on tape & find it
	amazingly boring.  (I am astounded by the number of students who
	enjoy the tapes.)

o	I have not heard of anyone else actually going in and watching
	either themself or anyone else.

  The potential is there.  The actuality is a different matter.

-Bil
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