In article <2ia3cf$bgi at news.umbc.edu> viancour at umbc.edu (Dr. Terry A. Viancour (BIOL)) writes:
>>>As internet access becomes increasingly universal, the professional
>newsgroups can anticipate a deluge of questions from students. Until now
>limited access to the internet has meant that postings to the BIOSCI
>newsgroups have been limited to professionals and graduate students. This
>situation is changing, and there is now an increasing number of posts by
>undergraduates, high school students and middle school students who are
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>A couple of easy solutions to the probable increase in postings of student
>questions have come to mind. One is to insist that teachers have their
>students begin the subject line with the words "Student Post". That way
>kill files could be used by those who are not interested in examining such
>posts. A better solution might be to establish tutorial newsgroups, e.g.
>bionet.tutorial.general, bionet.tutorial.neuroscience, etc. Tutorial
>newsgroups might also encourage peer-to-peer interactions, since the
>students would know that they are posting to a group dedicated to
>teaching.
I think the amount of junk posted on internet cannot be blamed on students
only. I agree that now and then you can see a term paper question but
these are relatively easy to spot. Not answering them would be the
simplest way to get rid of the problem. If these individuals will see
that it doesn't work over the net, they will stop. All we have to
do is be patient and consequent.
Przemko
Przemko Tylzanowski Ph.D.
Dept. Biochemistry
University of Antwerp
Belgium
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