I am a professor and a human being.

I am a professor and a human being.

I am not my email address, I am not D2L, and I am not my cell phone. I am not instant messaging.

I am not hardware or software, and I am not a machine, always “on” and ready to reply. I will not let the devices of today dictate my behavior.

I am a human being.

I make time for students and work. I give thoughtful consideration to a student’s concern in a timely manner which means, when the time is right. I give thoughtful consideration to the work that crosses my desk.

I give thoughtful consideration to ideas. Ideas, questions, and rational thinking are worth my time. I make time for ideas. I read and think about them. I write and think about them. I revise and think about them. I discuss and think about them.

Make it a hybrid

I just switched one of my spring classes from a regular lecture course to a hybrid that will meet every other week in the classroom and online. Why? In the futile hopes that hybrid will attract more students, because history courses are interchangeable from a certain point of view.