Syllabi Papers Archives Middle of Nowhere Brad Cox May 28, 1998 I am most pleased to announce that Taming the Electronic Frontier won the $25,000 Paul Allen Foundation Distance Education Competition . Jul 28, 1998 I will be leaving GMU and returning to industry at the end of the year. This is the last time these courses will be offered by GMU. Nov 14, 1998 Taming the Electronic Frontier has been nominiated for a 1998-1999 GMU Excellence in Teaching Award.

Course Evaluations for LRNG572/Fall1998 Student-generated Questions The student senate formally proposed that the following student-generated questions be added to the official instructor and course evaluation form. Faculty is still debating how to respond to this request, apparently unaware of Pirsig's cautions about who decides what quality really is. Here are the questions the student governance body proposed: SQ1: The practical application of subject matter is apparent. N/A  (0) Always  (23) Mostly  (22) Occasionally  (3) Never  (0) SQ2: The course supplies me with effective range of challenges. N/A  (1) Always  (33) Mostly  (13) Occasionally  (1) Never  (0) SQ3: My instructor is actively helpful when students have problems. N/A  (0) Always  (31) Mostly  (11) Occasionally  (6) Never  (0) SQ4: The assigned reading significantly contributed to this course. N/A  (0) Always  (13) Mostly  (24) Occasionally  (11) Never  (0) SQ5: Lecture information is highly relevant to course objectives. N/A  (0) Always  (16) Mostly  (24) Occasionally  (8) Never  (0) SQ6: Exams stress important points of the lectures and text(s). (Cox: Since we used projects and weekly tasks in lieu of exams, read "exams" to mean the weekly tasks and project work) N/A  (2) Always  (24) Mostly  (18) Occasionally  (4) Never  (0)