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Three Strategies for Managing and
Personalizing Large Classes
Alan AblesonMath & Stats
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Crowdmark
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Crowdmark
Paper tests, now marked online
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Time savings:
On average, 25% less time taken to grade papers.
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Time savings:
On average, 25% less time taken to grade papers.
(Personal best: about 50% less time)
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Soft benefits:• Comments can be much longer and more
detailed
• Can review TA grading before students get tests back.
• Adding late papers from accommodations no problem
• Track and balance TA marking time
• Regrading far easier to manage
and more!
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Fairness and Feedback:
Everyone gets their paper back!
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Yes, Crowdmark costs money.
(But there is that time-savings pitch for your department head!)
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OnQ Responses and the power of (E-)Mail Merge
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Generated and sent 100+ emails per week.Answers took 1-2 hours.
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Student feedback: "I can't believe you actually emailed me!"
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Student feedback: "I can't believe you actually emailed me!"
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And it's actually kind of fun!
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In-House Course Materials
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In-House Course Materials
In most math and science courses, most content doesn't change when the textbook edition changes.
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In-House Course Materials
In most math and science courses, most content doesn't change when the textbook edition changes.
What does change then?
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Goal: separate textbook use as a reference from use as a problem source.
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The Fair Dealing Policy defines a short excerpt as follows:
• up to 10% of a copyright-protected work (including a literary work, musical score, sound recording, and an audiovisual work)
• one chapter from a book
• a single article from a periodical….
http://library.queensu.ca/help-services/copyright-fair-dealing/copyright-basics-instructors
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In my first year math courses, the textbooks ($150+) are now optional.
Students can purchase any edition.
All students have the same problem sets, with solutions.
We don't have to work on the publisher's edition release schedule…
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Questions or comments?