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Kiran Dhillon, Annenberg School of Communication; Lori Mesrobian, Dornsife Latin American and Iberian Cultures; Kendra Walther, Viterbi Information Technology Program; and Mellissa Withers, KSOM Population and Public Health Sciences, participants in the 2022-2023 Faculty Learning Community on Alternative Assessments and Grading Practices, share their experiences with the implementation, lessons learned, challenges, and opportunities of ungrading and grading for equity.
Sources: USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty |
Psychological safety is recognized as a foundational component to encourage student openness, creativity and risk-taking. In this video Ken Perlman, USC Marshall, leads a discussion on ways to create psychological safety and enable an inclusive learning environment.
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Raffaella Ghittoni of Dornsife Biological Sciences discusses incorporating mini-lectures by students on selected topics at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Clinical, STEM
Tracy Bastain of Keck Population and Public Health Sciences discusses incorporating team debates, peer reviews, and other non-traditional approaches to assess mastery of course concepts at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Clinical, STEM
Rory Lukins from the Dornsife writing program discusses a study on the implementation of contract grading in composition courses at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessment
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Gen Ed courses, Humanities
Lori Mesrobian from Dornsife Latin American and Iberian Cultures discusses “ungrading” assignments in language classes at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessments
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
Elise Ruckert and Didi Matthews from the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy discuss design, implementation and revision of a clinical reasoning competency assignment for doctoral physical therapy students at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Clinical
Felicia Yeung Tabing from Dornsife Mathematics discusses design, implementation and revision of mastery-based assessment in a mathematics class at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessments
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
Li-Ping Chen from the East Asian Studies Center discusses active learning in humanities courses during the April 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Humanities
Claire Bono from Viterbi Computer Science discusses conducting a partially flipped classroom in a hybrid setting at the April 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
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