If agreement on the meanings of terms is not reached, arguments may follow. For example:
Course1. Teacher, students, materials and what happens among them. Each term, each "course' is unique because (at the very least) the students change. This definition is held inconsistently -- many people would agree with it, yet almost no "course evaluations" include assessments of the contributions of the students.2. The materials used for instruction. This definition is implied by the question, "Who owns the course?" which is a question about control of intellectual property, not about slavery.3. Teacher and the materials the teacher uses (but not the students) - implied when someone says, "I'm teaching the same course again this year."
Bill Vilberg
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