Assignment ID and standards
Clay Fenlason
clay.fenlason at et.gatech.edu
Wed Dec 12 21:06:50 UTC 2007
Oh yes, that's definitely on the wish list. Not only peer review, but
the ability to *assess* that peer review, and then also to post
assignments to a group rather than an individual.
~Clay
On Dec 12, 2007 3:09 PM, Ward, Lynn E. <leward at iupui.edu> wrote:
> Messaging should probably be private moist of the time, but it would also be nice if there were some sort of provision for peer review of assignments. Most faculty resort to the forums tool for peer review, but enabling this feature in assignments might make the process easier to manage, especially if it were possible to grade the reviewer as well as the submitter.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: khomotso at gmail.com [mailto:khomotso at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Clay Fenlason
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:19 PM
> To: Sean Keesler
> Cc: fluid-work at fluidproject.org; Sakai UI UI; portfolio; pedagogy
> Subject: Re: Assignment ID and standards
>
>
> Having a discussion threads as addressable/storable objects in their
> own right could be a valuable thing indeed - and it's not unique to
> assignments. Part of what we're talking about here is also a kind of
> discussion 'helper,' and then the submission could retain a link to
> the discussion thread thus spun off (and vice versa).
>
> Much of these discussions, however, would need to assume privacy, at
> least at the outset. Perhaps private messaging (or the "messages"
> tool) is a better model than a discussion forum?
>
> ~Clay
>
> On Dec 12, 2007 11:17 AM, Sean Keesler <smkeesle at syr.edu> wrote:
> > Just so it goes out on the right lists, here is what I put on the fluid wiki
> > page regarding the content types that need to be stored for assignments. I
> > know other folks have other solutions in mind, so everyone should know what
> > crazy ideas I posted (and delete them as necessary).
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> >
> > The Goal Management project allows an instructor to add "goal" metadata to
> > the assignment. While it may be feature creep, there are some institutions
> > that believe that this feature is VERY important to their own
> > implementation. I'll just mention it here for consideration.
> >
> > Actually a very important classification of content is neglected here. In
> > as much as an assignment is supposed to be a learning experience, there is a
> > need for ongoing formative feedback and discussion between the instructor
> > and the learner. The current design is allows for a single comment to the
> > student, which is arguably insufficient to engage a student in a dialogue
> > about the activity.
> >
> > Our own homegrown system was very discussion oriented. The general premise
> > was that ANY assignment was an opportunity to start an entire thread of
> > discussion between the instructor and student.
> >
> > Portfolio tie-in:
> > Since these teacher to student discussions could essentially be a teacher
> > guided reflection of the work just performed, there is a case to be made
> > that this sort of data has an audience in a particular type of student
> > portfolio. Exposing an assignment description, student work and follow up
> > discussion as a piece of content that is usable in portfolios would be very
> > important for those institutions looking to use portfolios as a means to
> > track student growth over time.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/12/07 11:00 AM, "Sean Keesler" <smkeesle at syr.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Done.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/12/07 10:39 AM, "Clay Fenlason" <clay.fenlason at et.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I welcome further contribution on the wiki page:
> > >>
> > >> http://wiki.fluidproject.org/x/KhQa
> > >>
> > >> Just getting started.
> > >>
> > >> ~Clay
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 12, 2007 10:31 AM, Barbara Glover <barbara.glover at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> > >>> I think this idea of having a threaded comments ability for both
> > >>> student and instructor allows a lot of flexibility that both user
> > >>> groups could get a lot of value from.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 12-Dec-07, at 10:17 AM, Sean Keesler wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Our own homegrown system was very discussion oriented. The general
> > >>>> premise
> > >>>> was that ANY assignment was an opportunity to start an entire
> > >>>> thread of
> > >>>> discussion between the instructor and student. It would be nice to see
> > >>>> something that allowed ongoing formative discussion after each
> > >>>> assignment
> > >>>> between each student and instructor, rather than the single comment
> > >>>> box for
> > >>>> the teacher.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> ------------------------------
> > >>>> Sean Keesler
> > >>>> Project Manager
> > >>>> The Living SchoolBook
> > >>>> 030 Huntington Hall
> > >>>> Syracuse University
> > >>>> 315-443-4768
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 12/12/07 12:47 PM, "Michael Feldstein"
> > >>>> <michael.feldstein at oracle.com>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> http://docs.moodle.org/en/Assignments
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> - m
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Clay Fenlason wrote:
> > >>>>>> We're gearing up for some extended work on the assignments tool, and
> > >>>>>> I'm trying to orient myself by identifying other landmarks in this
> > >>>>>> area, either assignments in LMSes in particular, or more general
> > >>>>>> submission-feedback workflows. Searching is not getting me very
> > >>>>>> far,
> > >>>>>> as putting "assignment" into a list of search terms always turns up
> > >>>>>> several hundred bits of student homework before it will get to the
> > >>>>>> sort of interaction design hints (or open standards) I'm hoping for.
> > >>>>>> Anyone have any favorites they might point me to?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> ~Clay
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