Spot Quiz

Have you ever found yourself or a colleague ....

  • cutting back on the number of assignments

  • designing shorter assignments

  • resorting to multiple-choice- or true/false-type tests or quizzes

  • assigning group projects (not so much for pedagogical reasons)

  • making the final exam optional

  • replacing written final papers with oral presentations

  • being lenient to avoid the whining (but unwittingly contributing to grade inflation)

  • relying on peer-assessments, not so much for pedagogical reasons, but

.... to reduce the burden of grading?
It doesn't have to be like this!

Let's restore rigorous homework and feedback to their rightful place. Let's reallocate the resources necessary to fulfill the core mission: learning. As we embrace the shift in paradigm from teaching to learning, from sage-on-the-stage to guide-on-the-side and from teacher to student, the role of feedback becomes even more critical. Let's make feedback right—by our students.

Specialization is everywhere, except in Education

Doctors are aided by physician assistants, lawyers by paralegals. Surgeons are assisted by scrub nurses, executive chefs by sous-chefs. However, faculty have no such help, which limits their productivity.

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