by Steven Volk | Jan 6, 2023 | News of the Week
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...
by Steven Volk | Dec 16, 2022 | News of the Week
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...
by Steven Volk | Dec 15, 2022 | Featured Article
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,...
by Steven Volk | Dec 14, 2022 | Conversations
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by Steven Volk | Dec 14, 2022 | Conversations
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...