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- From: david@ruc.dk (David Stodolsky)
- Newsgroups: comp.groupware
- Subject: inappropriate articles - Readme needed?
- Summary: New introduction posting needed
- Keywords: administration posting student teacher followup
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.201231.7063@ruc.dk>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 20:12:31 GMT
- Organization: Roskilde Universitetscenter, Danmark
- Lines: 36
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- American University has been the source of several student contributions
- to comp.groupware recently. This is apparently a result of a teacher
- assigning students participation in a newsgroup as one possible way of
- fulfilling class requirements.
-
- I have exchanged email with the teacher, who agreed that this was not
- appropriate, especially considering that he did not ensure that students
- had read the "Introduction to comp.groupware" before posting. Other
- contributors in the group have responded to these students' articles by
- giving information and commenting that questions were not adequately
- prepared. These reactions have not stopped these articles. I suggest
- that no further follow-ups be posted in response to these types of
- articles.
-
- I have added a section to the "Introduction to comp.groupware" for
- teachers in the hope that we can avoid another rash of inappropriate
- articles. However, I think we need another periodic post to ensure that
- students and others who have not prepared adequately are aware of the
- standards we are trying to maintain. This would have to be shorter than
- the "Introduction to comp.groupware", easy to read (my word processor
- indicates that the "Introduction to comp.groupware" requires grade 13
- education for comprehension), and a title, maybe "README BEFORE
- POSTING", that would make it more likely that it would be read by even
- the most inexperienced Netnews users.
-
- I would like someone else to do this, since I have trouble writing at
- the appropriate level. The README should primarily ensure that
- inappropriate articles are not posted, and then refer readers to the
- "Introduction to comp.groupware" for more information. I can arrange for
- the actual posting if preferred.
-
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