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> You may not use any electronic device during class, including computers, tablet computers, cell phones, cameras, recording devices, calculator, or any device

> You may not use any electronic device during class, including computers, tablet computers, cell phones, cameras, recording devices, calculator, or any device that emits noise (such as a beeping watch). Anyone who breaks this rule will fail the course and be asked to leave. I think that at a certain point a professor's strictness just becomes an embarrassment to the department. This professor should be censured for this policy.

nknighthb 13y ago
It's also a legal liability. He's just banned devices relied on by disabled students. His "alternative exam" will also not meet the requirements of many disabilities.
- 8ig8 13y ago
  > Personal medical devices (particularly hearing aids) are allowed, however. That's the next paragraph in that section of the syllabus. So I guess he's covered. Aside: Odd that hearing aids are emphasized here.
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    The necessary accommodations for my disability (explicitly recognized in paperwork from the college I started to go to, in case I ran into an instructor who decided they were a priest of the Church of the Luddite) do not include anything that meets any common definition, legal or otherwise, of "medical device". One might, under a broad definition, call them "assistive devices", but somehow I doubt this professor is going to recognize a common laptop or a tape recorder, among other things, as such, and he's going to embarrass, humiliate, and just generally make life difficult for any disabled student who attempts to argue with him.
- bphogan 13y ago
  No, probably not. Most likely there's an uncomfortable process disabled students have to go through to get their disability documented, and then the student brings documentation to the instructor or professor who makes the accommodations stated in the plan given to the student by the ADA coordinator of the school. Trumps the syllabus always. I was a disabled student. Now I teach. It's how I've seen it work everywhere.
- HugoLoft 13y ago
  Disabled student in his class. Can confirm we are exempt.
derleth 13y ago
Disallowing a calculator in any upper-division math (or math-heavy) course is an embarrassment to the department in particular. If you can get a meaningful advantage by using a calculator, the course is bullshit and a waste of upper-division credits. Yes, I include graphing calculators like the TI-84 or, my personal favorite, the HP-48GX. They can be used to store a tiny amount of note material, but, again, if you're testing for rote memory at that level, your course is bullshit and a waste of upper-division credits.

nknighthb 13y ago

It's also a legal liability. He's just banned devices relied on by disabled students. His "alternative exam" will also not meet the requirements of many disabilities.

8ig8 13y ago
> Personal medical devices (particularly hearing aids) are allowed, however. That's the next paragraph in that section of the syllabus. So I guess he's covered. Aside: Odd that hearing aids are emphasized here.
- nknighthb 13y ago
  The necessary accommodations for my disability (explicitly recognized in paperwork from the college I started to go to, in case I ran into an instructor who decided they were a priest of the Church of the Luddite) do not include anything that meets any common definition, legal or otherwise, of "medical device". One might, under a broad definition, call them "assistive devices", but somehow I doubt this professor is going to recognize a common laptop or a tape recorder, among other things, as such, and he's going to embarrass, humiliate, and just generally make life difficult for any disabled student who attempts to argue with him.
bphogan 13y ago
No, probably not. Most likely there's an uncomfortable process disabled students have to go through to get their disability documented, and then the student brings documentation to the instructor or professor who makes the accommodations stated in the plan given to the student by the ADA coordinator of the school. Trumps the syllabus always. I was a disabled student. Now I teach. It's how I've seen it work everywhere.
HugoLoft 13y ago
Disabled student in his class. Can confirm we are exempt.

derleth 13y ago

Disallowing a calculator in any upper-division math (or math-heavy) course is an embarrassment to the department in particular. If you can get a meaningful advantage by using a calculator, the course is bullshit and a waste of upper-division credits. Yes, I include graphing calculators like the TI-84 or, my personal favorite, the HP-48GX. They can be used to store a tiny amount of note material, but, again, if you're testing for rote memory at that level, your course is bullshit and a waste of upper-division credits.