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Recognition

Recognition is this week’s topic for #el30 and the abstract asks two very different questions:

  • How do we know a course has been successful?
  • How do we know what someone has learned?

For me, these are not necessarily related like a geometric proof.

  • If this -> then that.

If the course is successful the student learns. As we have seen, perspectives can reveal different meanings and aims. I wonder what the criteria one uses to know a course is successful? There will typically be course aims as well as desired learning outcomes, and perhaps criteria-based assessments or tasks.

Does the student learn? Now this is not something I would ever like to fit into a box, or expect to assess adequately or be able to reward completely.Read More »Recognition

Applauding achievements: Here’s to you, graduate!

Preparing to go to graduation today, I took a few minutes to collect myself and as I was doing my yoga poses and breathing, I thought about watching the people I had known and worked with walk across that stage, dressed in gowns and stoles – and hats, and of their achievements. Some people will not be there today, whether because of work commitments (the real world is a bugger sometimes, and having the day off means a pay cut for many), or because of distance, or even choice – but it doesn’t mean they have achieved any less. It also does not mean they won’t be remembered. You will be remembered. Read More »Applauding achievements: Here’s to you, graduate!