Ethics and Technology---PHI 321
Dr. Ron Barnette
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PHI 321 Cybernauts in our High-tech Classroom
This course in Ethics and Technology is largely experimental,
in that the themes of the class will be accompanied intensively by Internet
technology, essential to the research and teaching of the course. Moreover,
there will be no paper given by the
professor; all assignments, handouts, and materials will be issued
through our Philosophy
Website, and made available through this homepag e. In short, this
will be a 'paperless' class.
On the class assignment
page, you will find your weekly topic, for discussion and debate. This
will be accompanied by in-class references to the on-line readings and
accessible materials, which will serve as our class resources.
Members of the class will be responsible for additional WWW links to pertinent
materials, as we explore collaboratively the web in our new high-tech classroom
facilities.
Class meetings, as a group, will be in West Hall
140 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; any deviation from this schedule will be
e-mailed to the class list, named 'ETHTECH,' which will serve as our cyber-communication
network to reach all members of the class on a daily basis, for information,
questions, and helpful suggestions in our on-line dialogue. It is thus
imperative that all participants have e-mail accounts, and that each student
subscribe immediately to ETHTECH, by sending an e-mail message to:
listserv@catfish.valdosta.peachnet.edu
In the body, write the message:
SUBSCRIBE ETHTECH your name
Also,notify me of your presence in the class by sending
an initial message to me here:
Dr.
Ron Barnette
This will serve to confirm your existence!
On Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, I will open
the high-tech classroom for use to develop your online materials, to explore
the Net resources, and to construct personal WWW Homepages and class demonstrations.
Look here for a quick
crash course on webauthoring.
Regarding course requirements, you will be responsible
for:
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Regular class attendance and class preparation for discussion.
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Routine e-mail dialogue and responses to assigned questions,
through ETHTECH.
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World Wide Web research, as assigned.
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The completion of written research work, through one of
two forms, to be explained in more detail, with examples:
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A personal homepage, architectually created around an
approved theme (preferred).
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A research paper, topic approved.
In addition to the daily 1pm times in West Hall 140, my
office hours will be from 11am-Noon, daily, and afternoons by arrangement,
in Campbell Hall, just across Patterson St. from the main campus of
Valdosta State University. I look forward to meeting you there, and
we have Sun Workstations in the
Philosophy Department to help further your coursework through innovative
technology.
NEW: Go HERE
for list of some student websites that are underway!! Keep up the good
work!!
Let us all have an engaging and stimulating winter
quarter together...
Dr. Barnette, PHICYBER Guide
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archives of ongoing class discussion
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