Sounds like a good idea. I've rarely had a TA that could provide good feedback. The usual consequence of giving papers to a TA is to have the papers delayed in giving them back to the students, without any improvement in feedback provided beyond what I do. I've seen that as training for the TA which the students who write the papers pay for. I doubt that outsourcing the marking would lead to quicker feedback, though, but probably would result in better comments for the student writers. I also doubt that my department would pay for it. It would certainly be more expensive than the current system and current students acting as TA's would not benefit, which I believe they do in the current system. It might be a good outsourcing for distance learning institutions.
Bill Scott >>> "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> 04/30/10 5:15 PM >>> A thought, at this challenging time of year... http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/802845--profs-now-outsourcing-marking-to-india?bn=1 Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb25165c&n=T&l=tips&o=2365 or send a blank email to leave-2365-13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb251...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2376 or send a blank email to leave-2376-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
