tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post7727787743890629629..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Sharing ProfessorsFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-31783778296937235492008-01-23T10:30:00.000-06:002008-01-23T10:30:00.000-06:00I was very pleased to have materials shared a coup...I was very pleased to have materials shared a couple years ago when about to teach a new (to me) course with very little warning (about 2 weeks before class started). I was pleased, that is, until I looked at the powerpoint presentations. They were truly awful. For a one hour lecture, 15 slides, some with pictures that were difficult to see on my monitor, much less projected for a room with 60 people. The text was strewn about the images, if there were any, in apparently random sized but always-too-small font, with no obvious organization whatsoever. I couldn't complain or say much, because it was a good friend of many years who had taught the course before, and generously gave me his files.<BR/><BR/>I ended up making my own slides, from nothing. I showed them to him after the second time I taught the course, and he was really impressed with them. I've passed them along to the next instructor of the course, but I don't know what horrors he found about my presentation, and I don't know if he used them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-38273518522553557732008-01-22T17:29:00.000-06:002008-01-22T17:29:00.000-06:00I'm sorry, I forgot to include a link.http://scien...I'm sorry, I forgot to include a link.<BR/><BR/>http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/01/women_science_and_writing.phpAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-32332280822913502952008-01-22T16:09:00.000-06:002008-01-22T16:09:00.000-06:00This comment is off-topic, but over at Living the ...This comment is off-topic, but over at Living the Scientific Life there's an article about women, science, and writing that I thought you might enjoy reading. You may have seen it already.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-82541193325532679252008-01-22T14:08:00.000-06:002008-01-22T14:08:00.000-06:00Reminds me a bit of when I was a student and we wo...Reminds me a bit of when I was a student and we would also share class materials, such as homework solutions and old exams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-26093990755596455032008-01-22T08:57:00.000-06:002008-01-22T08:57:00.000-06:00I'm also a big believer in sharing course content....I'm also a big believer in sharing course content. It is a great way to refresh and improve course material. <BR/><BR/>The prof. whose teaching responsibilities I took over, and who had won several teaching awards on campus, felt differently about this. He told me that he was going to be helpful by providing me with a "fresh start" and shared absolutely none of his materials.<BR/><BR/>I will share everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-25751357456628948492008-01-22T07:30:00.000-06:002008-01-22T07:30:00.000-06:00I only heard of the idea that sharing one's course...I only heard of the idea that sharing one's coursework is laziness in the US. In MyCountry, it is called "being efficient" and "not re-inventing the wheel."Schlupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399256701731431557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-69443130273212398602008-01-22T04:42:00.000-06:002008-01-22T04:42:00.000-06:00The more I read your blog, the more I wish I would...The more I read your blog, the more I wish I would have had the opportunity to have you as my science professor somewhere along the way. Maybe I'be a scientist rather than an economist! <BR/>Of course, both fields are difficult for men, let alone for women, in my country (Italy), that's one of the reasons Italy experiences a serious brain-drain. Nobody shares anything, and talk about deadwood... All the smart people try, and when they see it's impossible to change the system, they leave. Very sad.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586930957387090037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-76760167568690276332008-01-22T01:29:00.000-06:002008-01-22T01:29:00.000-06:00I also willingly share my materials - I produced t...I also willingly share my materials - I produced them on public money, so I feel that they belong to the general public. <BR/><BR/>Problems arise when colleagues use the materials 1-1 and replace my name with theirs. When I then teach the class again, I get accused of "plagiarizing" the (male) colleagues material....<BR/><BR/>I now put my materials under Creative Commons license - free to remix, but I want my name in there. And no commercial use. I've had companies steal my exercises and my slides, and then threaten to sue *me* over copyright infringement when I request a donation from them. Putting licenses on stuff makes it clear from the start.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the spiffy images should all be yours or attributed. I really love Flickr for this - you can restrict your search to CC-BY pictures, so you just have to put a little "c.2007 Whamabunga" next to the picture and then you <B>really</B> spiff things up. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly enough, it tends to be the women at the schools I have taught at who freely exchange amongst themselves. I have received much material from women, never from a man. Strange, that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com