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Episode Synopsis
Betsy Barre talks about how (and why) to use a course workload estimator on episode 375 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The difference between an expert reader and a student reader is that an expert reader will slow down when they don’t know a word.
-Betsy Barre
Students are reading, they just aren’t reading well.
-Betsy Barre
Is this activity really worth it given my outcomes of the course?
-Betsy Barre
We all need to be talking more about time.
-Betsy Barre
Resources
Course Workload Estimator 2.0
Course Workload Estimator
How Much Should We Assign? Estimating Out of Class Workload, by Betsy Barre
So Much to Read, So Little Time: How Do We Read, and Can Speed Reading Help?, by Keith Rayner et al
R Studio
Janet Evanovich’s Stephenie Plum novels
Quotes from the episode
The difference between an expert reader and a student reader is that an expert reader will slow down when they don’t know a word.
-Betsy Barre
Students are reading, they just aren’t reading well.
-Betsy Barre
Is this activity really worth it given my outcomes of the course?
-Betsy Barre
We all need to be talking more about time.
-Betsy Barre
Resources
Course Workload Estimator 2.0
Course Workload Estimator
How Much Should We Assign? Estimating Out of Class Workload, by Betsy Barre
So Much to Read, So Little Time: How Do We Read, and Can Speed Reading Help?, by Keith Rayner et al
R Studio
Janet Evanovich’s Stephenie Plum novels
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