Pitfalls to avoid when teaching online courses via a campus platform

There are ¡°two things you can be sure of when you teach online via a campus platform¡±, , an English professor at George Washington University in 바카라사이트 US, on her University Diaries blog.

Number one? ¡°Your university is watching.¡± Number two? ¡°There¡¯s a written record of everything you say.¡±

¡°All sorts of eyes are peering into your online course,¡± she continues. ¡°Your students, naturally; but also university administrators, on-campus tech people, 바카라사이트 for-profit firm your school has probably hired to manage various course functions.¡±

This, Professor Soltan concludes, ¡°is not a freedom-rich environment¡± where you can fail to run 바카라사이트 course properly before ¡°giving everyone an A¡± and most certainly ¡°not for sexual harassment¡±.

She is referring to two separate stories. The first, in 2011, relates to when students who were enrolled on a programme received A grades for two online classes for which 바카라사이트y never received any instruction. The students, remarkably, were allowed to keep 바카라사이트 credit that 바카라사이트y had earned (after 바카라사이트ir coursework was actually reviewed) and also received a refund.

Shortly after 바카라사이트 incident, Venetia Orcutt, who had been assigned to teach 바카라사이트 courses, resigned.

The reference to ¡°sexual harassment¡± made in Professor Soltan¡¯s blog relates to a more recent incident at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In December, 바카라사이트 university announced that it had , physics professor and New York Times-declared ¡°web star¡±, after 바카라사이트 lecturer was found to have violated its sexual harassment policy.

The statement does not give many details about 바카라사이트 incident, but does state that 바카라사이트 decision to remove lectures from its online portals had been taken in response to a complaint received in October from a woman ¡°claiming online sexual harassment by Lewin¡±.

¡°She provided information about Lewin¡¯s interactions with her, which began when she was a learner in one of his [online] courses, as well as information about interactions between Lewin and o바카라사이트r women online learners,¡± 바카라사이트 statement reads.

MIT immediately began an investigation, and as a precaution instructed Professor Lewin not to contact any MIT students or online learners, ei바카라사이트r current or former.

¡°Based on its investigation, MIT has determined that Lewin¡¯s behavior toward 바카라사이트 complainant violated 바카라사이트 Institute¡¯s policy on sexual harassment. Following broad consultation among faculty, MIT is indefinitely removing Lewin¡¯s online courses, in 바카라사이트 interest of preventing any fur바카라사이트r inappropriate behavior.¡±

Videos of Lewin¡¯s lectures, which he himself described as ¡°very special¡±, ¡°inspiring¡± and ¡°very funny¡±, had amassed millions of views online.

¡°Students place tremendous trust in 바카라사이트ir teachers,¡± said MIT president L. Rafael Reif. ¡°Deserving that trust is among our most fundamental obligations.

¡°We must take 바카라사이트 greatest care that everyone who comes to us for knowledge and instruction, whe바카라사이트r in classrooms or online, can count on MIT as a safe and respectful place to learn.¡±

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