Teaching is good for the soul Posted on November 4th
“I'm serving as a guest lecturer in one of SI's undergraduate courses this week, and teaching is shaking up my week nicely. I haven't taught in a classroom regularly since the fall of 2006, and I was eager to get back into the classroom. This week's topic in the course is "The Business of Information and Information in Business," and I spent most of today's lecture introducing the concepts of marginal costs, non-rival demand, scarcity, elasticity, and a few pricing models. I'm not quite sure how to articulate my appreciation for introductory courses like the one I'm guest lecturing in this week. I've also been working on statements about teaching for a couple of faculty jobs for which I am applying, and I'm sure search ...” Tagged as Teaching | No Comments » | Continue
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