The dreaded hour has come: Folks in my Tech Writing course have reported group members who they cannot contact or who are not responding and other group members who are not contributing to the pr...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/10/13/a-policy-for-the-groups-i-want/
Al Harahap asked about research on what people (ok, really students) look for in syllabi today on Facebook. Here’s an “as-is” export of all the sources I have in my Zotero bibliography.
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/09/18/working-bibliography-on-higher-ed-syllabi/
For the third week of Technical Writing, our template focuses on ethical considerations, asking students to respond to two online discussions. One of the discussions asks students to find the cod...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/09/03/the-challenge-of-ethics-discussions/
Today is the last day of the second week of classes. I got my groups set up yesterday, using the Group Preferences Form that I developed a few years ago. I ended up aiming for five people per gro...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/09/01/visual-outline-of-group-work-for-the-fall/
After writing yesterday’s post, I read up on group assessment, reviewed some materials on contract grading, and revisited some information on ungrading. I’ve been collecting references in Zot...
On Friday, I ordered Ellen Carillo’s The Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading (2021). It arrived today, and I read it quickly. It’s a short but very useful book. I was especially...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/08/15/temporary-signs-of-progress/
I’ve spent the day reading (and rereading) on contract grading, including all of these resources: Inoue, Asao B. (2019). Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Comp...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/08/14/a-tentative-effort-expectations-contract-chart/
I’m definitely doing too much thinking about contracts and how to set up the expectations fairly. So much so that I’ve realized that I’m stuck on the very essence of grading. I’m no where...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/08/13/weighing-student-work/
I’m focused now on the last big decision for my fall classes: How I will make the assessment system work with all these new assignments. The many collaborative writing tasks and related homewor...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/08/12/like-or-dislike-assessment-for-this-fall/
I asked ChatGPT to “Rewrite the song The Children Are the Future from the perspective of someone who is certain that the children are mini-demons.” The results are spectacular satire. (Title)...
https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2023/08/11/chatgpt-revises-the-children-are-the-future/