APA Newsletters
Fall 1999
Volume 99, Number 1

Teaching in Cyberspace

Teaching and Learning in Cyberspace: Some Ideas and Some Suggestions

Ron Barnette
Valdosta State University, Georgia
barnett@valdosta.edu

In this issue of the Newsletter, four philosophy professors share interesting and provocative ideas on teaching and learning with the WWW. Their class projects, web activities, assessment procedures, and advice and concerns represent a cross-current of activities under way in online instruction in philosophy. Our thanks go to Susan Stuart, Brian Rosmaita, Kane McLaughlin, and Dominic McIver Lopes for their helpful pieces submitted and shared with our readers. I have just completed my sixth annual summer WWW course, PHICYBER, which included numerous global participants. I wrote a short essay on my experience in my redefined role as cybereducator, available at www.valdosta.edu/~rbarnett/phi/cybereducator.html. As an ongoing project for workshops I conduct for teachers and administrators who are interested in some helpful tips for faculty and institutional readiness for online teaching, I prepared an outline piece at www.valdosta.edu/~rbarnett/phi/tips.html. I hope these ideas are helpful for the Newsletter readers. Enjoy the ideas that follow.