It's final exam week!
Some reading for you to enjoy until next week
This is our final exam week, so we are taking a short break to tie things up. I’ll be back next week with a reflection on how I’ve handled AI use in my classes this semester. (Brief spoiler: It’s complicated, but then again, so are students. Stay tuned!)
Until then, here are some recent guest posts you might have missed in the rush of the semester. Enjoy!
Helping new TAs find value in required training
Today, we bring you a guest post by Daphna Atias and Robin Pokorski, who are both educational developers at the George Washington University in Washington D.C.
Using collaborative grading as a new professor
Today’s guest post is from Noel Warford. Noel is a visiting assistant professor of Computer Science at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, about thirty minutes west of Cleveland. He uses alternative grading in classes at all levels of the curriculum, but has especially experimented with this in upper-level classes on human-compute…
Specifications Grading in an Asynchronous Liberal Arts Math Course
Today’s guest post comes from Melanie Butler. Melanie is a Professor of Mathematics at Mount St. Mary’s University, a small Catholic liberal arts college in Emmitsburg, Maryland. She teaches across the mathematics curriculum, with a particular focus on core courses. Her work centers on alternative grading practi…
Finally, if you’re thinking about how to use alternative grading in your own classes, here’s one of my own recent posts about how to find and build a supportive community of practice:
14 ways to find and build community
Getting started with alternative grading can feel intimidating. There’s so much information out there, but it can still feel like you’re all on your own when it comes to designing your own class. Even an experienced alternative grader can feel isolated if there’s nobody else nearby who’s trying similar things.
See you next week!
David,
Do you know if there is an active forum / mailing list for people interested in discussing alternative grading?
Vic Norman (Calvin U., Computer Science)