e-tiquette -- My thoughts on email etiquette and contacting me
I am happy to be a part of your environment and I hope that you are comfortable coming to me and engaging em in conversation. Feel free to speak with me in a media appropriate tone. If I feel that you wonder outside the boundaries of a reasonable relationship I will let you know. I hope that you will do the same...no hard feelings ;-)
Of course, the same can not be said for all of you other profs. You might want to take a little time and read the email etiquette link that follows the snippet from Dan Mitchell's teachnology blog.
Dan Mitchell's Teachnology Blog : News:
Be Polite, E-Polite
"Some professors respond to publicity about students' online demands by setting out some rules." [Inside Higher Ed]
Sarah McClure, an adjunct assistant professor of anthropology, said that she's received some e-mail messages from students that use "completely inappropriate" language.
McClure said that some students seem to feel "that e-mail is a casual form of communication, where professional relationships somehow do not exist as they do in the classroom" students feel comfortable saying things in an email that they would never say to you in person.
Well, yes. Email is a casual form of communication. It does imply a different set of relationships than those in the traditional classroom. Students do (and perhaps should?) feel comfortable saying things in email that they would not feel comfortable saying in person or in front of a class.
In my view, the professor misses the point. Email (and IM and web site, etc.) changes the relationship between students and faculty in some ways that may, once we all adapt, benefit faculty and students.
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43 Folders: writing sensible email messages
What is netiquette? via the Yale University Library
Email Etiquette
Of course, the same can not be said for all of you other profs. You might want to take a little time and read the email etiquette link that follows the snippet from Dan Mitchell's teachnology blog.
Dan Mitchell's Teachnology Blog : News:
Be Polite, E-Polite
"Some professors respond to publicity about students' online demands by setting out some rules." [Inside Higher Ed]
Sarah McClure, an adjunct assistant professor of anthropology, said that she's received some e-mail messages from students that use "completely inappropriate" language.
McClure said that some students seem to feel "that e-mail is a casual form of communication, where professional relationships somehow do not exist as they do in the classroom" students feel comfortable saying things in an email that they would never say to you in person.
Well, yes. Email is a casual form of communication. It does imply a different set of relationships than those in the traditional classroom. Students do (and perhaps should?) feel comfortable saying things in email that they would not feel comfortable saying in person or in front of a class.
In my view, the professor misses the point. Email (and IM and web site, etc.) changes the relationship between students and faculty in some ways that may, once we all adapt, benefit faculty and students.
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43 Folders: writing sensible email messages
What is netiquette? via the Yale University Library
Email Etiquette