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Incorporating Digital Safety Into the Classroom - Learning Objectives #57

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rylee001 commented 6 years ago

  1. Discuss differential risk in online interaction. Tie this to vast scholarship on differential participation and performance among undergraduate-level students in the USA. (Again, I assume a US-based focus. If not, a comparative assessment is valuable here -- pick up again in later case studies.)

  2. Discuss ethical concerns with requiring online interaction without accounting for differential risk in assignment design, assessment and evaluation, or scaffolding of final work.

2a. Review purposes of assessment in pedagogical contexts: what content, method, skill, etc. is measured and how, how is the assignment tied to the course learning objectives, what parameters adequately limit scope of the assignment, etc. This is basic assignment and assessment design, but review here might prove a timely check to scope creep.

  1. Discuss goals and pedagogical purposes of requiring online participation: what benefits and learning opportunities does this kind of project offer? How are they better fits for learning objectives, purpose of the course, goals of the major, mission of the department, etc.?

  2. Using a widespread social media platform as a case study, have participants do a thought experiment roleplay as students carrying out a specific simple task, e.g. creating a hashtag campaign over a 2-week period. Triage: what was the most work, who did the most work and why, what roadblocks and problems emerged, what did the assignment actually test, was this accurately represented in the grading rubric, etc.

  3. Consider actually requiring a brief online engagement project if this is a test group for the curriculum. Have participants keep logs categorizing things like hours spent, work completed vs. work projected complete, and amount spent thinking or planning, versus projected amount spent. (I do a modified version of this assignment with my grad students. Recommend asking Kate Starbird how she runs similar assignments or projects in her lab.)