News of the Week – January 6, 2023

Conversation on Ungrading: Nearly 80 colleagues from around the GLCA and the GLAA joined us on Wednesday, December 14, for our virtual conversation on “ungrading.” They heard short presentations from faculty at Denison (Jordan Fantini and Rebecca Futo Kennedy) and...

News of the Week – December 16, 2022

Closed for the Holidays! This will be the last NoTW of the year. We’ll return again on January 6, 2023, and wish you all a very restful, restorative holiday season and the best new year ever. Conversation on Ungrading: Nearly 80 colleagues from around the GLCA and the...

Ungrading: A Conversation

On December 14, nearly 80 colleagues from the GLCA and the GLAA joined a virtual conversation about “ungrading.” And what IS ungrading? As we learned, it can be a number of different approaches. But at its heart, ungrading places the emphasis on learning,...

Fraser – Specifications Grading

UNGRADING OVERVIEW Jennifer Fraser, Prof. of Ethnomusicology & Anthropology, Oberlin College  Systems I’ve used over last 8 years Self-grading Specifications Grading Ungrading A few guiding principles. Think about The learning objectives of the class It is...
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