Here in England we are having a bank holiday today, but there is no rest for a busy academic; as we rush ever faster towards the new term many lecturers’ thoughts are turning to the classroom again. So it’s very timely that the University Business website have a piece about the controversial website ratemyprofessors.com. (more…)
Archive for August, 2008
Rate my professors controversy!
Monday, August 25th, 2008Contributing to ‘clearing’
Sunday, August 17th, 2008As a new member of staff at MMU I was asked to be part of the history department’s clearing staff for this year. Many people try to avoid doing this as it means coming into the office during the treasured August break, but as I am not taking any holiday this month I was glad to come in and do my bit. Here’s what it involves…
Greetings from the library!
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Excuse me if I seem a little distracted this week; I have been buried in the library this last week so I am immersed in my research projects, questions and problems and am enjoying every minute of it! This is a pleasure that I haven’t had since the early stages of my PhD, so it is long overdue.
Technology in the Classroom: part 2
Friday, August 1st, 2008Way back in May I wrote a post about using technology in the classroom, specifically about video recording lectures to provide to students later. Well, now it’s the summer break I have had time to start work on putting my own courses on to my university’s WebCT system, and some of the practical issues and problems of using this resource have suddenly become a little more real to me!
