Aren’t you tired of grading piles of essays that will be thrown away when returned? Well, students are also tired of writing them. Time to get rid of disposable assignments.
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No one likes to have their time wasted. However, disposable assignments do exactly that. Sure, a student may learn something while doing them but they are quickly discarded when returned. A lot of man-hours go into creating the assignment product, then grading the product. It is for nothing when the product is discarded shortly after getting back to the student.
What if the assignment served an additional purpose such as helping more people than just the student? By using open pedagogy, you can extend the value of an assignment and serve more people.
This week, we are going to take a closer look at disposable assignments and why you should switch them out with renewable assignments that provide greater benefit to more people.
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Additional Reading
- ITC: 3 – Using Open Educational Resources in the Classroom
- ITC: 18 – Putting Test Pools to Work in Your Classroom
- ITC: 40 – How to Use Mastery Quizzes for Improved Student Performance
- ITC: 85 – Why and How You Should Use Wikipedia in the Classroom
- How do faculty benefit from renewable assignments?
- Authentic Assessment
- A call to end single use, throw-away assignments
- Are Your Assignments Renewable or Disposable?
- Toward Renewable Assessments
- What is Open Pedagogy?
- Non-disposable Assignments in Intro to Philosophy
- Collaborative Learning/Examples
- The Challenge of Non-Disposable Assignments
- Foster Meaningful Learning with Renewable Assignments
- Renewable assignments: Student work adding value to the world
- Day 14 – Renewable Assignments
- E-xcellence in Teaching Essay: Ditching the “Disposable Assignment” in Favor of Open Pedagogy
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