I had a chance to chat with Judy who is en route to a new locale. When she
alights she can post her summary of the aera-related issues, about which I
think we are agreed.
This note concerns a "course."
Here is my amateur take on this issue, which is frought with possibilities
and potholes.
1. There almost certainly should be no "center," no one place where credit,
in whatever form, is given.
2. I assume different people will get credit in different ways depending upon
local circumstances. Here are some of the possibilities that could all
exist simultaneously:
1.
Local universities (UCSD, UCSC, Lesley College, The Autonomous U of Madrid,
CUNY, Roskilde U...... whatever wherever) could offer the course to their
local students as part of their local curriculum. Local people would
probably meet from time to time in additon to internet mediated interactions.
2. UCSD extension could be induced to give this course, connected to regular
course at UCSD. This costs some money, but is not Harvard unit costs by a long
shot. People who take the course this way (at whatever extension school, I
mention ucsd only as an example) get a transcript from that university saying
they took that course.
3. People could simply participate and at the end get a certificate of
participation.
The cognisenti among us probably know more routes. My thought is that whatever
works locally for participants works for the system as a whole. Perhaps there
are cases where this could cause trouble. If so, let us know.
As per Jim's note, if this topic is of limited interest we could set up
a separate list serve for those who are interested in participating. If
grad students want to write to jim, fine. Just keep others posted when there
is something relevant to post.
Like that
mike
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