Post A5G9WIcTQa2ygzLH7Y by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
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 (DIR) Post #A5G9WICwxTd9PpOtKy by hinterwaeldler@mastodon.social
       2021-03-16T06:11:01Z
       
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       Well, I just learned #MIT took down the wildly popular #physics #MOOC with Walter Lewin some years ago. The then-80-year-old was sexually harassing his (online) students! 🤦‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #A5G9WIcTQa2ygzLH7Y by redstarfish@social.linux.pizza
       2021-03-16T06:46:32Z
       
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       @hinterwaeldler Can you clarify how he was "sexually harassing" his online students? The "sexually harassing" is too vague for me.
       
 (DIR) Post #A5I9jugTbXOQpPcrya by hinterwaeldler@mastodon.social
       2021-03-17T05:58:26Z
       
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       @redstarfish From what I read, he asked students to send nudes and participate in sexual role-playing.This seems to be a good article: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/23/complainant-unprecedented-walter-lewin-sexual-harassment-case-comes-forwardConcrete info in paragraph 6+7:- several students- evidence shown to MIT, which took down the course- insidehighered.com also saw the evidence