Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4006] Thank You/Online Grading Policies
From: Brent Muirhead (bmuirhead@email.uophx.edu)
Date: Sun 13 Oct 2002 - 23:26:38 MEST
From: "Brent Muirhead" <bmuirhead@email.uophx.edu> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4006] Thank You/Online Grading Policies Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:26:38 -0400
Greetings Colleagues!
I want to thank you for your participation in my discussion on online
assessment. It is an important aspect of the teaching and learning process.
Students are anxious to receive feedback on their work because it helps them
have an accurate picture of their academic strengths and weaknesses. As a
veteran online teacher, I have noticed that students really appreciate
having timely and descriptive feedback on their class work. My weekly email
notes from students often involve thank you notes for providing insights
into the quality of their work.
At the University of Phoenix, teachers are expected to provide weekly grade
reports. Students who want to take an incomplete for a class will lose one
letter grade and they have a limited amount of time to make up their class
work. This academic policy has several positive benefits:
1. students avoid having several classes that are not completed which often
can lead to them dropping out of school.
2. students learn to manage their time and class work to complete their
classes on time and it helps them develop effective study habits.
3. teachers are not burdened by numerous students who have taken incompletes
because it is often more difficult to grade papers when they are far removed
from the actual class.
Thanks again for those who have provided thoughtful comments and my
colleagues who have followed our assessment discussion.
Brent Muirhead D.Min., Ph.D.
Area Chair, MAED Curriculum & Technology
University of Phoenix Online
bmuirhead@email.uophx.edu
770-751-1783 (EST)
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