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  1. Jan 2018
  2. www.insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com
    The significant learning benefits of getting rid of grades (essay) | Inside Higher Ed
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    1. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      If the purpose of grades is to convey a student’s accomplishment, adequacy, excellence, compliance, effort and/or gain in learning, then they fail

      I think grades are to convey PERFORMANCE in a specific course. I do also believe a single grade doesn't speak entirely on ones knowledge, but I do not agree with the comparison of a mediocre student to an exceptional student going through a tragedy. If you email professors about your situation, they will always extend assignments for you if it is a serious situation. At the worst, the student may need to consider dropping the class to save their GPA, or taking a semester break to cope. I think there are too many variables to completely make Grading the issue in academia.

    2. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      Students don’t start out the same. They don’t have the same life experiences -- or even academic experiences -- during our semester together. They don’t go to the same places afterward. They have different goals.

      Most teachers just give the assignment, and don't care how you get it done. So in one sense its uniform but in another it isn't. I dont think grading assumes uniform input, but regardless most teachers if you talk to them will try to give you as many opportunities to work the way that best suits you.

    3. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      My reasons for wanting to get rid of grades were numerous: I felt as if students are fixated on grades above all else. Most faculty conversations with students include some discussions of grades: What do you want? What do I have to do to get an A? How can I improve my grade? What are the criteria for grades? And the professor takes on the role of a judge.

      Grades are just a marker of comprehension. If you focus on the material rather than the grade, then the grade will most likely follow. And i feel professors should be judges, no in the cold-hearted/judicial sense but in the sense that they should have some authority and credential to guide us to what we need to learn, and show us what we did wrong.

    5. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      Colleges promote credentials, obedience and the sorting of haves and have-nots, but not necessarily learning.

      It's not just colleges. Companies are actively looking for employees with the right credentials.

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  3. www.aacu.org www.aacu.org
    Pedagogies of Uncertainty
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    1. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      . I know we lack the administrative and policy support. I know some students we inherit are already deeply wounded. Nevertheless, we have to make the commitment. We need to respond to the pedagogical imperative. And if we do, then raising expectations and keeping promises will not be empty rhetoric but prophetic ministry. We can hardly afford to do less.

      If only education programs received more funding from the government...

    2. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      If one-third of students drop out in the first year, some may be ready to claim that those students simply shouldn't have entered college. What if a hospital said that if it lost a third of patients, those patients never should have been admitted because they were too sick

      I don't think its fair to equate life/ death to pass/ fail. The success and failure of a student largely depends on the student, however the health of a patient, i would argue, is mostly out of their control. Regardless, I also do agree that a school losing 1/3 of its student should be concerned rather than dismissive.

    3. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      I had come to observe the learners and their processes of learning, but the longer I stayed the more it became unclear who the learners were. The people teaching were also learning, and roles reversed and shifted constantly.

      I believe that teachers in any field still have lots to learn. Hospitals are just more chaotic and urgent that its more apparent.

    4. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      In the presence of uncertainty, one is obligated to learn from experience.

      I guess its also possible when faced with uncertainty to judge your actions on precedence; however, if there wasn't a precedence I do believe experience is the only way to learn.

    6. jsoto6500 28 Jan 2018
      But a true professional does not merely practice: he or she performs with a sense of personal and social responsibility. In the work of a professional, the performances of practice must not only be skilled and theoretically grounded; they must be characterized by integrity, by a commitment to responsible, ethical service.

      This reminds me the ancient greek conception of philosophy. How it was not just a field of practice but a way of living.

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  4. brightthemag.com brightthemag.com
    How To Quit — Assist Stories — Medium
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    1. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      I want to know where my ones and zeros are stored,

      It's time that the newer generations start to take ownership of their data, and to view it as tangible, and important information that can be used to hinder, or help them depending on what it holds, and where it's held.

    2. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      This means they have some say — although not complete — over their personal data

      This means, that it gives the student to put a face to their own name online, instead of having instagram, facebook, or some other service do it for them. In complete honesty, DoOO (Domain of One's Own) lets the student learn crucial technological skills that will help them in the future, but also allows them to creatively and independently create and control their digital footprint

    3. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      it is important to have one’s own space in order to develop one’s ideas and one’s craft. It’s important that learners have control over their work — their content and their data.

      Something, that i feel the recent net neutrality issue will inevitably disrupt. Without net neutrality, ISP's can slow down the servers that host student's domains, so if an employer sees a student's domain, and either can't connect or is discouraged by the load time, it works against the student. Just another reason to keep net neutrality alive.

    4. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      students need a proprietary online space in order to be intellectually productive.

      I agree, now especially when the job market has become more competitive than ever, not only do we need a physical space to be intellectually productive, which the actual college institution provides, but we also need a digital area where we can showcase ourselves.

    5. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      UMW helps them have more control over their scholarship, data, and digital identity.

      Instead of having an employer google you, and have no control in what they see, DoOO at UMW helps us put a foot in-front of our past digital footprint

    6. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      Students have little agency when it comes to education technology — much like they have little agency in education itself.

      When it comes to school services, its true that we don't have much agency. For instance if a school uses a certain service for grading, a student cant opt out of using that service. However when it comes to complimentary services, for instance if a class chooses to use some sort of app or service to help aide in class, i feel like we have more options when it comes to situations like that.There are several third party services and freeware that can be used in place of another service

    7. jsoto6500 19 Jan 2018
      safeguarding their data from advertisers

      Well I don't think there's much students can fight against if a company has in their terms of use that their information may be shared to third parties.

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