by vlevan | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/20/coronavirus-college-pass-fail/ Colleagues at ours and other institutions are questioning the humanity of grading during a pandemic situation in a remote learning environment that is new for all of us, and some have...
by vlevan | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I begin working with a new group of students, I have them reflect together and develop a classroom contract, or rules of engagement. The image above is an example from fall quarter. These contracts are useful, because they give me something to refer to when...
by vlevan | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Like Samantha, I will be reducing the synchronous element of my class, for precisely the reasons she explains. In addition to these issues of access – students in different time zones, with varying Internet access, loud or not private home environments –...
