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I wonder if there is any interest among those who teach a one-semester  
History of Economic Thought course to create a "team teaching" context for  
the course on the internet. 
 
Here is how the "team teaching" idea might work: a group of  
professors with reasonably similar course syllabi for a one-semester  
history of economic thought course would identify a common set of major  
topics (perhaps one/two per week). A dedicated email list for their  
classes would be created and the students would be encouraged or required  
to discuss the topics with the other participants on the list (all  
students registered in the classes involved, plus the profs). If the profs  
wanted to coordinate common readings for the classes, the task of  
directing student discussion of a particular reading could be assigned to  
one of the profs involved -- the prof could "address" all the students  
regarding the reading, and answer questions, etc. If a secondary reading  
from a current scholar in the history of economics was used, we could set  
up a short discussion with the author (possibly even a video hookup). The  
courses would also have access to a common website with course syllabi,  
bibliographies, and access to the archives of the email list discussion. 
 
Eh.Net and the HES editorial team would coordinate the "team teaching"  
effort, and provide technical assistance in setting up the email list,  
creating the website, etc. 
 
I figured we would try this first with a one-semester course before we  
move to coordinating two-semester courses. But if more people are  
interested in a two-semester course setup, I'd be willing to work with  
that. 
 
Ross 
Ross B. Emmett                Editor, HES and CIRLA-L 
Augustana University College 
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URL: http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~emmer 
 
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