Ungrading

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’