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Monday, May 06, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i35/35a03901.htm Many Students' Favorite Professors Shun Distance Education MICHAEL ARNONE Jahvonne Y. Hernandez, a Syracuse University freshman, was flying back from a track meet in March when she saw her biology professor on the plane. Delighted, she nudged her teammates and exclaimed, "It's Dr. Druger! Let's get his autograph!" Adoration isn't new to Marvin Druger, a professor of biology and science education. He has taught introductory biology for 40 years and, as one of the university's Meredith Professors for Teaching Excellence, has earned Syracuse's highest honor for teaching. At one point, the university bookstore sold "Marvin Druger Fan Club" T-shirts.... The professor's love of distance education, though, doesn't extend to online courses. He doesn't teach on the Web and doesn't intend to. "I don't think that having more technology would improve my way of reaching students and helping them learn," he says....
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