How to Lose a Class in 10 Days: Lessons Learned in Innovative Grading Techniques to Scale Large Online Classes
In-Person
Abstract
How do you teach hundreds of students at once in a massive online course sequence with particularly individualized content using a total of one course load from an instructor and one 20-hour TA? We have some ideas, but what we know for sure is what not to do. While your class may look different, the challenges presented in this course sequence span multiple common teaching challenges for making efficient, scalable grading. In this presentation, we will discuss lessons learned in using AI grading, Peer Review grading, using a sort of lottery system of managing most grades with pass/fail, and a system of requesting 2-4 bullet point summaries of the assignment for grading purposes. We will discuss what we observed in pros and cons of each, use cases, and we will reveal the solution we will be trying next semester with the continued mantra that this time, we have it solved.
Presenters
Crissa Draper
Associate Professor
Dr. Crissa Draper is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department who is especially devoted to students and the promise of an education. She believes that college requires immense resources from students—not just time and money, but hope. By bringing evidence-based pedagogy to online classrooms, she works to ensure the experience actually delivers the payoff society promised in exchange for these investments.
Gonca Soyer
Lecturer
Dr. Gonca Soyer (a.k.a. Dr. G) is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University, where she teaches both lower-division and upper-division undergraduate courses. Her academic interests include parenting, family relationships, child and adolescent development, trauma, mental health, and cognitive development. Outside of teaching, she enjoys spending time in the mountains, reading, and baking.