http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/grading-standards-for-writing-assignments-in-an-online-course Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/grading-standards-for-writing-assignments-in-an-online-course#comment-6353 Steve Harold - Southampton Hypnosis Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:39 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/grading-standards-for-writing-assignments-in-an-online-course#comment-6353 I think it was inevitable that some of the short-hand english applied to web communications (emails, texts etc) was bound to transfer to online courses and the writing of assignments. That's no excuse of course. Maybe reiterating the standards required for coursework at the start of a course should be part of letting students know what is required of them. I think it was inevitable that some of the short-hand english applied to web communications (emails, texts etc) was bound to transfer to online courses and the writing of assignments. That’s no excuse of course. Maybe reiterating the standards required for coursework at the start of a course should be part of letting students know what is required of them.

]]> http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/grading-standards-for-writing-assignments-in-an-online-course#comment-440 Susan Smith Nash Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:47:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/07/grading-standards-for-writing-assignments-in-an-online-course#comment-440 I wonder if the problem with these kinds of failed writing assignments is the internet or if it is not just the side effects of the fact that many internet courses are very self-paced, and result in the student not spending a lot of time on the writing? the internet classes that I teach are highly structured and follow the calendar of the regular semester (daily assignments, etc.) - as a result, the students end up spending more time on their work for the online classes, with the result that their writing is far superior to anything I ever received from students in a classroom-based class...? it's been a real learning experience for me - it never would have been my choice to create courses that were so structured with so many strictly scheduled activities (this was a design element for the program I teach in) - but the end result has been really excellent, and I am now strongly commited to courses that are "self-scheduled" (student decides what time of day to work), but NOT self-paced; the weekly calendar is the same for all students in the class. I wonder if the problem with these kinds of failed writing assignments is the internet or if it is not just the side effects of the fact that many internet courses are very self-paced, and result in the student not spending a lot of time on the writing? the internet classes that I teach are highly structured and follow the calendar of the regular semester (daily assignments, etc.) - as a result, the students end up spending more time on their work for the online classes, with the result that their writing is far superior to anything I ever received from students in a classroom-based class…? it’s been a real learning experience for me - it never would have been my choice to create courses that were so structured with so many strictly scheduled activities (this was a design element for the program I teach in) - but the end result has been really excellent, and I am now strongly commited to courses that are “self-scheduled” (student decides what time of day to work), but NOT self-paced; the weekly calendar is the same for all students in the class.

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