Priorities? UMD is clearing the campus of academic activities to make way for football games....

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Anonymous wrote:Professor’s spouse lady is not doing UMD any favor. Are you sure this is not your DH’s Dept only?

My spouse has tenure, so I could really care less. And yes, I am sure that his department isn't the only one.

This isn't just happening at UMD. Not defending it, but doing some portions of classes online saves the university money by conserving energy and class space.

Examples outside of DH's department:

English 101 https://www.english.umd.edu/academics/academicwriting/BlendedLearning
Psych 100: https://app.testudo.umd.edu/soc/201801/PSYC/PSYC100
Health 301 https://sph.umd.edu/sites/default/files/files/BCH/BCH%20Syllabus%2017-18/DBCH_HLTH301_Fall2017_Slopen.pdf

Online teaching resources for faculty --
https://tltc.umd.edu/event/moving-online-course-design-and-development-retreat
https://tltc.umd.edu/options

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It may have to do with logistics such as traffic. Traffic is bad on campus when classes are in session--students may have trouble getting to class if games are going on. A student told me most students take classes T TH because they don't like to have class on Fridays. Not sure why but that's what she said. Anyway, who cares? I'm about the farthest thing there is from a football fan but Big Ten schools have sports and this is hardly important in the grand scheme. Tell your kid to take T Th classes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Professor’s spouse lady is not doing UMD any favor. Are you sure this is not your DH’s Dept only?

My spouse has tenure, so I could really care less. And yes, I am sure that his department isn't the only one.

This isn't just happening at UMD. Not defending it, but doing some portions of classes online saves the university money by conserving energy and class space.

Examples outside of DH's department:

English 101 https://www.english.umd.edu/academics/academicwriting/BlendedLearning
Psych 100: https://app.testudo.umd.edu/soc/201801/PSYC/PSYC100
Health 301 https://sph.umd.edu/sites/default/files/files/BCH/BCH%20Syllabus%2017-18/DBCH_HLTH301_Fall2017_Slopen.pdf

Online teaching resources for faculty --
https://tltc.umd.edu/event/moving-online-course-design-and-development-retreat
https://tltc.umd.edu/options

You mean you couldn’t care less.

[Anonymous]

Whatever - I'm not the teacher in the family.

[Anonymous]

I highly doubt that online classes are due to traffic. More likely, it saves them some money.

[Anonymous]

If you read the article, it looks like it's also a parking issue. UMD has a lot of commuting students. Why all the outrage? It's not a weekly thing. The article says it's one day in September.

[Anonymous]

You know what's fine, in the grand scheme of things? This.

You know what's not? Family separation at our borders, climate change, hunger in America, deforestation. Go make a difference. Focus on something that matters.

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Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.

Really? Why?

Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.

My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.

The online bit is probably due to all the $$ they save by not running facilities. UMD has already made a ton of money out of University of MD University College (their open enrollment online campus kind of like University of Phoenix) now they want to expand to the flagship campus. Huge red flag.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.

Really? Why?

Many classes are M/W and T/Th... not M/W/F like when we were in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a crappy football team, UMD goes to a lot of trouble to accommodate them.

They are accommodating the large visiting teams and their traveling, paying fans -- Ohio State, Penn State, Nebraska, Wisconsin...

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Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.

Really? Why?

Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.

My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.

The online bit is probably due to all the $$ they save by not running facilities. UMD has already made a ton of money out of University of MD University College (their open enrollment online campus kind of like University of Phoenix) now they want to expand to the flagship campus. Huge red flag.

Every school is offering classes online... even top 25 schools... wake up old people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are literally cancelling classes... for football.

https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2019/07/u-md-to-cancel-classes-clear-campus-before-penn-state-football-game/

“Follow the Money”
Americans are pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Many Friday classes are already conducted online.

Really? Why?

Not sure what pp was referring to but it’s not true.

My husband is a professor there. It is certainly true for many humanities department classes for all but 400-level classes. Typically the class meets 3x per week; 2x in person and 1x online. Strong pressure on faculty to include the online component in his department. Faculty handle it differently.

Some post a brief video and then students react or discuss via a Facebook-type interface. Others use it to reinforce subjects students may have struggled with in a recent exam.

The online bit is probably due to all the $$ they save by not running facilities. UMD has already made a ton of money out of University of MD University College (their open enrollment online campus kind of like University of Phoenix) now they want to expand to the flagship campus. Huge red flag.

Every school is offering classes online... even top 25 schools... wake up old people.

My kid (rising junior) has never had a single one.

[Anonymous]

No wonder UMD humanties programs are much lower ranked than the physical sciences. This does not happen there. And it is stupid. Why pay a lot of money for online teaching? If you just want a something more akin to a certificate, not a degree, go to community college. ( I know I know... community colleges grant degrees. but they are more like certificates that a person has certain facts memorized. They cost a lot less per credit hour)

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Anonymous wrote:No wonder UMD humanties programs are much lower ranked than the physical sciences. This does not happen there. And it is stupid. Why pay a lot of money for online teaching? If you just want a something more akin to a certificate, not a degree, go to community college. ( I know I know... community colleges grant degrees. but they are more like certificates that a person has certain facts memorized. They cost a lot less per credit hour)

If you note the example courses above, it wasn't just humanities. It is also pretty common for summer courses (for full credit) to be fully online. Same with winter term.

Like it or not, this is the way of the future. I think in a generation, residential colleges will be on a serious decline. The costs are getting far too high to justify.