You're looking at the new interim OER Program Coordinator. Yikes! So much to learn while having to engage students and the administration in ways I never did before. It is exciting as well as somewhat overwhelming. Luckily I am surrounded by wonderfully supported folks from the guy who left this position to become a Dept Chair to the Vice Chancellors who call the shots.
I have a lot of training to do (on my own) before I can be cut loose to control budgets, personnel, expenditures, and grant management.
Nevertheless, the experimentation with ungrading continues. I presented at a few conferences as well as led some discussions and a workshop here for my colleagues on OER and ungrading, two sides to the same coin I'm arguing.
I have created four videos on ungrading. A scaffolding if you wish. I've created a list of many questions, some of which I've been known to assign for their ungrading essay while other times I use them to help students get their creative juices flowing. For example:
What aspects of the course have been most successful for you so far?
What thing that you've learned are you most excited about?
What was the most important thing you learned?
What was the most surprising thing you learned?
What challenges have you encountered? How did you overcome those challenges?
Describe your support network for this class.
For any group assignments, consider the feedback you offered your peers on their work, and how you met your own goals.
Include links to examples of your work both ccessful and unsuccessful. What explains the differences?
Did you miss any significant work? Why?
Is there anything you are particularly proud of? Explain why.
Can you see your work improving over time? If so, where?
What did you not particularly succeed at, and what is your plan to do better moving forward?
What has been the most surprising thing you've learned so far? Why is that the case?
Have you made any new connections with the library and/or tutoring department?
And here is one of my new videos on ungrading.
