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Episode Synopsis
Susan Blum shares about ungrading on episode 350 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Genuine education isn’t simply this points game.
-Susan Blum
If the learning is interesting, people will do it.
-Susan Blum
Think about your students as people who are learning things for purposes. If they are not learning for a grade, why else are they learning?
-Susan Blum
The goal is learning. Learning can be for the purpose of use or interest.
-Susan Blum
Resources
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), by Susan D. Blum
Alfie Cohen
Human Synergistics Ethical Challenge
I Love Learning; I Hate School”: An Anthropology of College, by Susan Blum*
Universal Design for Learning
Derek Bruff shares about times for telling on his blog
Schwartz, Daniel L. and Bransford, John D.(1998)’A Time For Telling’
Quotes from the episode
Genuine education isn’t simply this points game.
-Susan Blum
If the learning is interesting, people will do it.
-Susan Blum
Think about your students as people who are learning things for purposes. If they are not learning for a grade, why else are they learning?
-Susan Blum
The goal is learning. Learning can be for the purpose of use or interest.
-Susan Blum
Resources
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), by Susan D. Blum
Alfie Cohen
Human Synergistics Ethical Challenge
I Love Learning; I Hate School”: An Anthropology of College, by Susan Blum*
Universal Design for Learning
Derek Bruff shares about times for telling on his blog
Schwartz, Daniel L. and Bransford, John D.(1998)’A Time For Telling’
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