From the Ivory Tower to Activity Based （从象牙塔到基于活动的）.pdf

International Journal of Information and Education Technology, Vol. 3, No. 6, December 2013 From the Ivory Tower to Activity Based Workspaces Dolly Samson  have to teach 9 hours of class per week (3 courses, each Abstract—In a typical university, a fulltime instructor course is 3 hours), and we have to schedule 9 hours/week as teaches from three to fifteen hours a week. For a teaching office hours. But no one ever comes to meet us. We just university, this may even be as much as eighteen hours a week, need to be somewhere around there, e.g. in the canteen, in the up to 50% of the standard working time. During non-classroom toilet, in the printer room etc. during those hours. But they hours, an instructor has many duties - advising students, committee meetings, conducting research, evaluating student can be rescheduled. Most teachers turn up just for office work, and preparing for future class meetings, as well as hours, and no more. Some dont really bother to come, cos serving as a community liaison. Much of the time, an [sic] theres no visitor. They usually go there just a little instructors office remains empty - a place simply to store books before class to prepare things, and sit in the office a little bit and papers. With a large proportion of empty offices during after class, e.g. to put things away, have a cup of tea, do teaching times, and with a faculty becoming more