WYMHM: On professors' ambivalence toward open courseware #thatcamp

In talking with nearly a dozen professors, Mr. Phinney has heard their concern about violating copyright by making materials available online, about having to censor their remarks, about whether filming lectures will stifle discussion or drive students to skip class, and about running afoul of departmental politics. Mr. Kamdar finds professors generally supportive but also ambivalent, sentiments reflected in a series of faculty interviews that his group has published online.

The cases underscore how far universities are from the "free culture" advocated at the conference.

Bit of a teaser here about what I'd like to talk about with fellow campers in a few weeks.