I just saw this tweet:
Finally set down on paper why I think "collaborative grading" is a clearer, more accurate term than #ungrading for the practice that involves students proposing their own grades using evidence from their work and meeting w/instructors to discuss. pic.twitter.com/iDC08wfyv3
— Joshua Eyler (@joshua_r_eyler) January 10, 2023
My intention is to us collaborative grading instead of "ungrading" when describing my practice to students and colleagues. Soooo much better because collaborative grading captures the dynamic more clearly -- I will work with students to determine their grade. Collaborative grading also establishes from the get-go a more equal relationship between instructor and student. No one really knows what ungrading means until you explain it (and sometimes not even then).
Now I just have to decide if I will re-do my syllabi for this spring semester.
[HT to Robert Talbert for encouraging this Captain's log...]
