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<\/a>Cathy, Professor of Future Class<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n I have been back and forth trying to determine if “the prof” needed a separate section. \u00a0She does. \u00a0This class wouldn’t have happened without a blog post<\/a>. \u00a0We wouldn’t have gone to drumbeat if it weren’t for her. \u00a0Further, as one of the co-founders of HASTAC, we can also thank her for that.<\/p>\n You can read all of the stuff she is thinking about at her HASTAC blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the purposes of future class, drumbeat and this site, “Meet the Prof” is more about the role she played in the class.<\/p>\n The role the Professor played in Future Class has been, like most other roles, undefined. \u00a0While the professor does attend most \u00a0of the class meetings at least part of the time, based on interviews with the class and my own observations, this is probably the most\u00a0independent\u00a0of independent studies we have all gone through in perception.<\/p>\n Rather than explaining what she does in a narrative, I will provide some bullet points on her role.<\/p>\n I’m sure there are more, but those are the main patterns of behavior I’ve observed. \u00a0 What do we call professors who do not profess? \u00a0Do we go back to them being teachers?<\/p>\n From the student point of view Cathy has<\/em> been involved in bullet points. \u00a0She gave us the freedom to do what we wanted and forced us to work out any issues or tensions we had as a group. \u00a0It must be acknowledged that there is always \u00a0more behind the scenes.<\/p>\n I have spent more actual hours on this class than on any other I’ve ever “taught”–or not taught. \u00a0 I’m on line with one or another student virtually 24\/7 and the behind-the-scenes required to get everyone some kind of scholarship funding to Barcelona and to process all the paperwork, including for the one student who was a minor, was endless […] In terms of a time commitment, in a semester where I have no extra time whatsoever, FutureClass has been an incredible investment of my time, more than I’ve spent getting my book ready for press, but worth every second.<\/p>\n Cathy, Private Email, Reproduce with permission<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhy is This Separate from “Meet the Class<\/a>“?<\/h3>\n
The Role of the\u00a0Professor\u00a0in Future Class<\/h3>\n
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