> Ken Said:
>
> "Okay. Maybe it's better to ask if the student's nontraditional
> approach to the assignment, the response of some of the student's
> classmates to that approach, and the discussion it all generated here
> have opened up the possibility for expanding/modifying concepts of
> ownership? If yes, then how do we both propose to modify concepts of
> ownership and address the legitimate complaints of the students who
> followed the more traditional approach as well as others who would
> question changing definitions of ownership."
>
> Oh, Yes I think they have. I think that cloud is on the horizon and
> will need to be addressed soon, if not already. Your second question
> is a huge one. And I do not have any definitive answers. Given what
> the teaher said about his intent, I don't think the students have a
> legitimate concern.
>
> If we are playing basketball and have played basketball for years and
> then suddenly switch over to this new game called, hmmm, full contact
> basketball, can we complain that this new game has different rules? I
> think the complaints of the rest of the students are based in the fact
> that the rules changed and no one told them. When maybe they were
> supposed to figure that out on their own. Hmmm, do a little original
> thinking maybe?
>
> Mike Hamende
> hamendem@cts.db.erau.edu
>
Yes, maybe they should have figured it out. I am going on vacation for a
week beginning tomorrow, and during that week, because of this discussion, I
will have a lot to think about, especially since I will be teaching in a
computer classroom for the very first time next year.
Kenneth R Wright
kright@oregon.uoregon.edu