Professor John Munro passed away on December 23, 2013. This site is maintained and kept online as an archive. For more infomation please visit the Centre for Medieval Studies
Prof. John H. Munro
Department of Economics
University of Toronto
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/munro5/
Updated on 21 August 2008
This document is in two parts.
- The first section is a transcript of an 'op ed' piece written by a first-year Ontario university student, and published in the Toronto Star, this past 19 June 2008. The most interesting or provocative line is: ‘The classes I found most relevant and most enjoyed had little or no reliance on the Internet for class notes.' That raises the interesting question: 'If what this student states is valid, should we university professors post our lectures online?'
- The second part of this document is my response his key points: in offering a justitication for my publishing my lectures online, in my format -- and only after the lectures have been given verbally in class. I would welcome ant feedback on this issue, especially from students who have taken my economic history courses last year, or in past years.