Theron DesRosier
Take My Class for Free-Seriously\n\nYesterday I decided to post the working syllabus for my grad class for the upcoming semester in an attempt to elicit feedback before I make some final choices. I then posted that I had done this twitter. Not surprisingly I received some useful feedback. What I hadn’t anticipated was interest in taking this class from people in my twitter network, mostly grad. students at other universities where a course like this is not offered. So, then I started thinking, why not give the class away for free to those who want it?\n\nHere’s what I am thinking:\n\nThe class at UTD (University of Texas at Dallas) is structured like a typical graduate seminar, that is a heavy amount of reading, followed by class discussion/lecture lead by me. It is easy enough for anyone to download the syllabus, and do the reading. The difficult part is coordinating some sort of online discussion section for those who are not at UTD, as I feel a large part of the learning experience is informed by discoursing about the material. What I thought might work is the following:\n\n
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