... my ... We address this in our second semester of the intro. class, but I also tackle it in my STS "Cosmic Origins" course. I use a "kinesthetic" lesson,...
Jatila, I have to plead guilty along with many others in that cosmology gets short shrift in my Stars and Galaxies class. There just isn't enough time to...
Thanks, Liam! I don't want to get into the string theory vs. string hypothesis argument! There is certainly physics beyond the standard model that is expected ...
Hey everyone, I've posted an in-class activity/lecture-tutorial on anticoding information in the Arecibo, Cosmic Call, and some examples of purported "real"...
Hey All, There have been some great discussions here, and I've thoroughly enjoyed reading them. As I start to prepare teaching the non-major survey...
My gut says heck yeah! I'm trying to develop an online astro survey course, and I see no problem, as LONG as you get at least one corroborating resource ...
I'd argue against it on the grounds that students should be encouraged to use sources that are considered "acceptable" for school research projects. I, for...
I have to disagree. It may be a good starting point, but I strictly ban in in all my classes. I have just seen too many errors. Wikipedia itself, on their...
Good questions Rajib. Wikipedia being self editing, I only let my students use it as an "extra" resource. They must first meet the reference requirements for...
"Pratherian" should absolutely become a common-use word... (although we may not all have the same definition ; ) ) As for using wikipedia, I get the impression...
The question of if and which textbook often comes up among astronomy teachers and the opinions range pretty widely – when opinions range widely, I love to...
Well... now having read Tim's essay on it, I think I will rethink my ban on Wikipedia. I did not know it was so accurate, and was going off what my university...
I have been toying with not requiring a textbook, but haven't gotten there yet, partly due to issues such as Tim raises, partly because I think the students...
My opinion would be that Wikipedia is not reliable enough to use as a textbook. You'll also probably find that most other professors are telling your students...
For some subjects, Wikipedia is fine. This is true of many of the physical sciences. But in other subjects like the soft sciences and non-sciences, it is...
Great discussion, as always in this forum... I agree with Tim on Wikipedia as a valuable resource (but obviously not the definitive one). Certainly, it has...
I think it's time to put my "curriculum" hat on here, and comment on this issue from a community college standpoint. Those of us in the community college world...
Well said Dave! I am in exactly the same position as you regarding transferability. If one of our courses doesn't transfer, we can have a hard time filling the...
Michael Inglis
inglism@...
Jun 11, 2008 11:47 am
2021
Rajib, I think this is a *FANTASTIC* idea. I use Wikipedia as the starting point for all my research, then follow up to reliable sources for anything I want to...
What I do in my class is require that the students have ACCESS to the text, but they don't personally have to purchase it. I strongly suggest that they form a...
Same here with regard to the textbook. I don't require the purchasing of the hardcopy textbook but they are responsible for everything in it. They can either:...
Last year I submitted my survey astro course for curriculum review and it lists my Astronomy Notes as the textbook (it is available in hardcopy format too). It...
If you create your own wiki, the students can all be allowed access to change things. Wetpaint, for example, has a history or tracking feature that allows...
I would agree that Wiki would be OK when paired with another source. A friend of mine told me about one of his child's class mates' "prank" on the rest of...
... with over 30 students? Do they submit the pieces to you the night before and you scan through them all to choose the ones you display in class? Show them...
Although some of this has been said, I'm going to repeat it in a slightly different way. Textbooks contain symbols and images printed on paper. The "Lecture ...
For a long time now I've been sitting back and learning a lot from all the fine folks here. With all the discussions on delivery styles and what's a valid...
I am at a Gordon Conference on Computational Physics Education, and I presented a poster on using a wiki as a textbook. I have NOT developed a wiki textbook;...
Aaron Titus
atitus@...
Jun 12, 2008 12:58 pm
2031
Bill Dunwoody has a point. After all, compare the number of active amateur astronomers today to the number of amateurs in any other science field. It is...
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