#ungrading — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ungrading, aggregated by home.social.
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Without grades, institutions will have to spend more time considering candidates who apply to their programmes, and the same holds true for employers — but the result will be worth it. We will have to see the individuals who apply, and consider their individual suitability for the programme / degree / job they’re applying for.
As for publications: in the HE sector we currently waste enourmous amounts of money and resources supporting a publication industry that exists to give faculy some metrics to show at their next salary review. There are better ways. There are better ways of disseminating research, there are better ways of sharing new thoughts and findings, and there are better things to spend time and money on than publication metrics.
We in higher education need to lead the fight to move away from results-oriented education and find our way to systems that reward — genuinely reward — curiosity, investigation, and learning.
/rant
#HigherEducation #Ungrading #AI (3/3)
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Sorry, that wasn't what I meant by "not grade". What I was talking about is #ungrading. There is an "ungrading" movement in education which argues that students are poorly served by grading and are better served by creating internal motivations. (This does not match my personal teaching experiences, but I was pointing out that #ungrading wouldn't solve my concerns.)
If we suspect plagiarism (including AI use when we have prohibited it), we are *required* to report it to the university which results in an investigation. (This was done because it was found that the students who were actually cheating tended to be good at snowing the professor with a "oh, sorry, I didn't understand" and "I won't do it again." Since a given professor wouldn't know the serial nature of the crime, it is required that we report it so that serial perpetrators can be identified.)
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Years ago I argued that the bogeyman of "grade inflation" rests on dubious evidence, faulty logic, and reactionary values: https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/dangerous-myth-grade-inflation/. Here's more recent testimony from an #ungrading teacher confirming that the problem isn't grade inflation; it's GRADES: https://hechingerreport.org/teachers-voice-i-abandoned-grading-my-students-and-stopped-taking-attendance-heres-what-happened/ -
Sofia is an 8th grade student in Theresa Walter's English Class on Long Island, NY. Sofia is in her second year of an ungrading experience in the English Language Arts in her school. Theresa is a teacher, and also the Department Chair who has supported her teachers' shift to a feedback-centered growth practice. The two sit down to reflect on the practice and its implications in their lives.
https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/a-students-view-perspectives-on-a-gradeless-grading-and-growth-centered-feedback-classroom #K12 #education #ungrading
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@inthehands Would love to hear what #ungrading methods you have found success with, if you're willing to share!
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I was skeptical from the title of this article, but I think I like where it ended up:
John Warner on "Academic Integrity in an LLM World"
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So far, so good. The first week of classes and my ungrading rollout went well. I think (emphasis on think) that learners will appreciate the feedback and honesty in the grading. #mtbos #grading #ungrading https://mrwaddell.net/blog/2024-08-28-students-reaction-to-ungrading/
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"The goal of this paradigm shift is to rethink what learning can be, how it’s measured, who measures it and, crucially, when one is finished." #ungrading #grading #education https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/31/Good-Riddance-Easy-A/
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"Courage, Risk, and Change in Higher Education" by Josh Eyler https://josheyler.substack.com/p/courage-risk-and-change-in-higher
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Degrees of Freedom was also out yesterday: in this episode Tassos Sarampalis and I are joined by Tamás Görbe and Berfu Ünal to discuss #ungrading
I don’t want to spoil anything, so please tune in and let us know what you think!
You can find the episode on https://soundcloud.com/degrees_of_freedom/s3e06-ungrading or in all major podcast platforms!
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How do students react to ungrading? We asked a bunch of them across different courses: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/77308 #ungrading #alternativeassessment #pedagogy #highered
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How do students react to ungrading? We asked a bunch of them across different courses: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/77308 #ungrading #alternativeassessment #pedagogy #highered
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How do students react to ungrading? We asked a bunch of them across different courses: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/77308 #ungrading #alternativeassessment #pedagogy #highered
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How do students react to ungrading? We asked a bunch of them across different courses: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/77308 #ungrading #alternativeassessment #pedagogy #highered
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How do students react to ungrading? We asked a bunch of them across different courses: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/77308 #ungrading #alternativeassessment #pedagogy #highered
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1/2 Yrs ago I argued the bogeyman of "grade inflation" rests on dubious evidence, faulty logic, and reactionary values: https://is.gd/lxL5hk.
Here's new testimony from an #ungrading teacher that the problem isn't grade inflation; it's GRADES: https://tinyurl.com/ynacf9e5Another teacher was "energized" once "the blinders had been removed" & he stopped trying to tweak the WAY he graded students (forget "standards-based" or "contract" grading) & stopped grading altogether: https://tinyurl.com/ytcezmzh
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I just read the introduction to this new book "Human-Centered Programming Languages" by Rose Bohrer (<5 min read, and I read pretty slowly), and I love it!
https://bookish.press/hcpl/chapter1
Can't wait to get the time to read the rest.
(h/t @[email protected]) (I refuse to call it X)
#HumanCentered #HCC #PL #programming #academia #CS #textbook #OpenScience #ungrading
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For historians of #EdTech and #Ungrading, here's a nice little essay by Jacques Barzun from 1988 which he later published in a book under the title of "Reasons to De-Test the Schools". The follow up is telling as well.
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@Jessifer is holding open office hours for folks if they want to talk #ungrading or alternative forms of assessment. Starts soon (12pm eastern time)!
There are other sessions if you miss this one.
#AcademicChatter #Pedagogy
@edutootershttps://www.jessestommel.com/open-online-office-hours-ungrading-edition/
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"'It's not over until it's over.' That's the motto of this class."
On today's Intentional Teaching podcast, I talk with University of Mississippi chemistry professor Eden Tanner about her successful experiment with mastery assessment this past spring.
https://intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/13498658-mastery-assessment-with-eden-tanner
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This line in Barbara Baig's writing book triggered a memory: "most adults are very self-conscious about learning anything new."
Years ago I took an ink painting class at my local arts center. A middle-aged woman cried because she wasn't immediately good at it. To me this is a convincing case for #ungrading.
#teaching #pedagogy #Academia #Sociodon #Sociology #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter @academicchatter
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Looking for examples of university courses that implement #alternativegrading (#ungrading, specifications grading, etc) in arts departments (visual art, theater, music, etc).
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Looking for examples of university courses that implement #alternativegrading (#ungrading, specifications grading, etc) in arts departments (visual art, theater, music, etc).
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Looking for examples of university courses that implement #alternativegrading (#ungrading, specifications grading, etc) in arts departments (visual art, theater, music, etc).
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Looking for examples of university courses that implement #alternativegrading (#ungrading, specifications grading, etc) in arts departments (visual art, theater, music, etc).
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Looking for examples of university courses that implement #alternativegrading (#ungrading, specifications grading, etc) in arts departments (visual art, theater, music, etc).
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How can we create equitable classrooms by eliminating grades? w/ @SusanDebraBlum, editor of #Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)
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CW: Blog post
Much of my work nowadays focuses on #AlternativeGrading (aka #StandardsBasedGrading, #SpecificationsGrading, #Ungrading, etc.).
I co-author a blog with @roberttalbert. Today's post is a pretty good #introduction to my ideas on teaching and assessment: https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/traditional-grades-are-not-objective
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CW: Blog post
Much of my work nowadays focuses on #AlternativeGrading (aka #StandardsBasedGrading, #SpecificationsGrading, #Ungrading, etc.).
I co-author a blog with @roberttalbert. Today's post is a pretty good #introduction to my ideas on teaching and assessment: https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/traditional-grades-are-not-objective
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CW: #Ungrading #HigherEd #ProfessorLife
This is a series of toots about my version of my own #ungrading method. I tweak it by class and semester, based on the needs of the class and my experiences with ungrading and student success with the method..
This is the Canvas Page explaining the method for studentsin one of my classes this semester. I’ll post more later today. #pedagogy #higherEd #macademics #ProfessorLife
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CW: #Ungrading #HigherEd #ProfessorLife
This is a series of toots about my version of my own #ungrading method. I tweak it by class and semester, based on the needs of the class and my experiences with ungrading and student success with the method..
This is the Canvas Page explaining the method for studentsin one of my classes this semester. I’ll post more later today. #pedagogy #higherEd #macademics #ProfessorLife
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CW: #Ungrading #HigherEd #ProfessorLife
This is a series of toots about my version of my own #ungrading method. I tweak it by class and semester, based on the needs of the class and my experiences with ungrading and student success with the method..
This is the Canvas Page explaining the method for studentsin one of my classes this semester. I’ll post more later today. #pedagogy #higherEd #macademics #ProfessorLife
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I still stand by this comment on #credentialism:
> “the notion of an “A-Student” has a lot to do with encouraging behaviours which are easy to test” (via What Model for Learning Analytics? - Eductive)#Assessment #Ungrading #GamifiedLearning #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation
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Instead of #ungrading or #AlternativeGrading can we call it demarkation?
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I've wondered what role #ungrading & #alternativegrading can have for contingent instructors without the power or institutional foundation to make a radical course redesign.
I'm seeing its influence now, in my own adjunct teaching:
I'm interrogating deeply unconscious beliefs about ulterior motivations for grading: 1. that bad grades may serve a purpose of teaching "logical consequences" (a la parenting books) & 2. that grades can be signals about the importance of my feedback for revisions.
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Hi to all the #EduTooter folks! I do #research in #learningsciences + #HCI (working with kids & communites through #ParticipatoryDesign), as well as teach undergraduate and master's classes.
Interested in #ConnectedLearning, #ProjectBasedLearning, #socialEmotionalLearning, #informalLearning, #informalEd, #HCIed, #DesignEd, and other awesome learning/education things, particularly learning ecosystems and reflective practices. Intrigued by #CriticalPedagogy, #Ungrading, and similar perspectives.
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Hi to all the #EduTooter folks! I do #research in #learningsciences + #HCI (working with kids & communites through #ParticipatoryDesign), as well as teach undergraduate and master's classes.
Interested in #ConnectedLearning, #ProjectBasedLearning, #socialEmotionalLearning, #informalLearning, #informalEd, #HCIed, #DesignEd, and other awesome learning/education things, particularly learning ecosystems and reflective practices. Intrigued by #CriticalPedagogy, #Ungrading, and similar perspectives.
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Hi to all the #EduTooter folks! I do #research in #learningsciences + #HCI (working with kids & communites through #ParticipatoryDesign), as well as teach undergraduate and master's classes.
Interested in #ConnectedLearning, #ProjectBasedLearning, #socialEmotionalLearning, #informalLearning, #informalEd, #HCIed, #DesignEd, and other awesome learning/education things, particularly learning ecosystems and reflective practices. Intrigued by #CriticalPedagogy, #Ungrading, and similar perspectives.
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Hi to all the #EduTooter folks! I do #research in #learningsciences + #HCI (working with kids & communites through #ParticipatoryDesign), as well as teach undergraduate and master's classes.
Interested in #ConnectedLearning, #ProjectBasedLearning, #socialEmotionalLearning, #informalLearning, #informalEd, #HCIed, #DesignEd, and other awesome learning/education things, particularly learning ecosystems and reflective practices. Intrigued by #CriticalPedagogy, #Ungrading, and similar perspectives.
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#introduction time for me. Working #ucl ( university college London) in #Arena centre #Academic #PGR #PGTA #FacultyDevelopmen #LifeSciences #Pharmacy #pedagogy consultant #phdsupervisors support + #digitaleducation #DigitalAssessment & #Feedback (as well as the regular kind!) #ungrading #compassionate #critical pedagogy . I like looking backwards to inform #highered predictions and then, like everyone, being wildly off the mark most of the time
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#introduction time for me. Working #ucl ( university college London) in #Arena centre #Academic #PGR #PGTA #FacultyDevelopmen #LifeSciences #Pharmacy #pedagogy consultant #phdsupervisors support + #digitaleducation #DigitalAssessment & #Feedback (as well as the regular kind!) #ungrading #compassionate #critical pedagogy . I like looking backwards to inform #highered predictions and then, like everyone, being wildly off the mark most of the time
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#introduction time for me. Working #ucl ( university college London) in #Arena centre #Academic #PGR #PGTA #FacultyDevelopmen #LifeSciences #Pharmacy #pedagogy consultant #phdsupervisors support + #digitaleducation #DigitalAssessment & #Feedback (as well as the regular kind!) #ungrading #compassionate #critical pedagogy . I like looking backwards to inform #highered predictions and then, like everyone, being wildly off the mark most of the time
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"... if you don't grade firmly with strict deadlines, then how on earth will your students be prepared for THE REAL WORLD!?"
What I say: "that's a reasonable concern, that invites us to reflect on the several vital responsibilities we have as lecturers and, as importantly, mentors."
What I'm thinking: "it's not my job to crush the joy out of learning and pummel students into obedient drones for a vanishing world of Fordist industrial capitalism." #Ungrading #AnthropoceneEthics
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"... if you don't grade firmly with strict deadlines, then how on earth will your students be prepared for THE REAL WORLD!?"
What I say: "that's a reasonable concern, that invites us to reflect on the several vital responsibilities we have as lecturers and, as importantly, mentors."
What I'm thinking: "it's not my job to crush the joy out of learning and pummel students into obedient drones for a vanishing world of Fordist industrial capitalism." #Ungrading #AnthropoceneEthics
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Oh are we using more hashtags now? #introduction
Research:
#HCI + #learningsciences + #design, particularly #participatorydesign, #codesign, #youthdesign. #ResearchPracticePartnerships, #community, #designjustice, #informaled, #museums, #sociotechnical, #gaming, #TechWellbeing...Teaching: #HCIed, #EduCHI, #UW, #UWDUB, #UWiSchool, #researchmethods, #designmethods, #informatics, interested in: #ungrading, #criticalpedagogy
Interests: #TTRPGs, #DnD, #visiblemending, #cats...
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Oh are we using more hashtags now? #introduction
Research:
#HCI + #learningsciences + #design, particularly #participatorydesign, #codesign, #youthdesign. #ResearchPracticePartnerships, #community, #designjustice, #informaled, #museums, #sociotechnical, #gaming, #TechWellbeing...Teaching: #HCIed, #EduCHI, #UW, #UWDUB, #UWiSchool, #researchmethods, #designmethods, #informatics, interested in: #ungrading, #criticalpedagogy
Interests: #TTRPGs, #DnD, #visiblemending, #cats...
🐉 ⚔️ 🛡️ 💫
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Oh are we using more hashtags now? #introduction
Research:
#HCI + #learningsciences + #design, particularly #participatorydesign, #codesign, #youthdesign. #ResearchPracticePartnerships, #community, #designjustice, #informaled, #museums, #sociotechnical, #gaming, #TechWellbeing...Teaching: #HCIed, #EduCHI, #UW, #UWDUB, #UWiSchool, #researchmethods, #designmethods, #informatics, interested in: #ungrading, #criticalpedagogy
Interests: #TTRPGs, #DnD, #visiblemending, #cats...
🐉 ⚔️ 🛡️ 💫
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Oh are we using more hashtags now? #introduction
Research:
#HCI + #learningsciences + #design, particularly #participatorydesign, #codesign, #youthdesign. #ResearchPracticePartnerships, #community, #designjustice, #informaled, #museums, #sociotechnical, #gaming, #TechWellbeing...Teaching: #HCIed, #EduCHI, #UW, #UWDUB, #UWiSchool, #researchmethods, #designmethods, #informatics, interested in: #ungrading, #criticalpedagogy
Interests: #TTRPGs, #DnD, #visiblemending, #cats...
🐉 ⚔️ 🛡️ 💫
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Oh are we using more hashtags now? #introduction
Research:
#HCI + #learningsciences + #design, particularly #participatorydesign, #codesign, #youthdesign. #ResearchPracticePartnerships, #community, #designjustice, #informaled, #museums, #sociotechnical, #gaming, #TechWellbeing...Teaching: #HCIed, #EduCHI, #UW, #UWDUB, #UWiSchool, #researchmethods, #designmethods, #informatics, interested in: #ungrading, #criticalpedagogy
Interests: #TTRPGs, #DnD, #visiblemending, #cats...
🐉 ⚔️ 🛡️ 💫
