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oh i don't mean a marketing person who "spins" the course. but rather somebody who understands what messages to deliver to which students when. for example, if I haven't done any of the assignments in 3 weeks, telling me about admin for the upcoming exam is worthless. a designer and a content specialist understand this deeply and can help make the professor's communications more effective. "spinning" them would be worse...

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Oh, definitely. I think a TA role like this that would help customize delivery, answer questions, and motivate would be great. I'm not sure its happening.

But regardless, I think many profs would feel like marketing help of any kind would be more like spinning content to make it more attractive to students, and worry about the integrity of what they're teaching.

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