On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 17:52 +1000, JLWhitaker wrote: > If there aren't consequences for NOT doing the en route work, what do > you think would happen? Party time! ;-)
I specifically said, but you did not quote, that I am fine with a requirement that students participate in activities, hand in quizzes and so on - I'm just not OK with assessable tasks that require knowledge or skill before that they can reasonably have been learned. This is especially true when in order to do the tasks, you depend on inputs and support from people who are often completely incompetent - such as tutors. Don't get me started on the fuckuppery that has marked at least two of the subjects progeny is now attempting. From quizzes with literally incomprehensible questions, to incorrect answers, to getting dates wrong and assigning zero marks for work handed in "late", to public mark-shaming, to not covering material until after the relevant quizz, to not returning marked quizzes, to not providing answers to quizzes, or indeed any feedback at all to anything... and to not correcting any of the above errors - the list goes on. An assessment task needs to be perfect. It has to be correct in itself, and feedback from it needs to be prompt, accurate, thorough and helpful. And it has to be delivered AFTER the point where a student can reasonably be expected to have learned what is being tested. Anything else is demoralising and of no academic worth. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: 8D08 9CAA 649A AFEF E862 062A 2E97 42D4 A2A0 616D Old fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
