Address Doubts
about Ungrading
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Today: Getting started with?
Now Parallel session
11A - Addressing doubts about Ungrading
11B - Maintaining balance while Alternative Grading
11C - Alternative Grading for writing in STEM
1:15 - 2:15 Lunch break (offline)
2:15 - 3:15 Parallel sessions
3:15 - 3:45 Stretch break (offline)
3:45 - 4:45 Parallel sessions
4:45 - 5:00 Tea break (offline)
5:00 - 6:00 Town Hall discussion and Wrap-up
“Roundtable” Discussion
Addressing Doubts about Ungrading
Addressing Doubts about Ungrading - Panelists
Lori Mesrobian, PhD lmesrobi@usc.edu
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Spanish
Lori Mesrobian teaches intermediate and advanced Spanish grammar and composition courses in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, as well as freshman General Education seminars about the Spanish Civil War. She has led a Faculty Learning Community about ungrading through the Dornsife Center for Languages and Cultures (CLC). She will be a USC Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) Faculty Fellow starting in Fall 2023.
Addressing Doubts about Ungrading - Panelists
Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS mwithers@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Mellissa Withers is an Associate Professor of clinical preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She also directs the Online MPH Program, as well as the Global Health Program of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a non-profit network of 60+ leading research universities in the region.She was a USC Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) Faculty Fellow.
Addressing Doubts about Ungrading - Panelists
Kendra Walther, MS kwalther@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Technology Practice
Kendra Walther serves as Associate Director for Faculty Affairs and an Associate Professor in the Information Technology Program at USC. She was a USC Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) Faculty Fellow and is currently pursuing an EdD in Educational Leadership from USC Rossier School of Education. Kendra is passionate about teaching and is constantly trying to find more ways to help her students understand the principles of programming. Kendra believes in lifelong learning, and really enjoys learning about how people learn best.
Introductions and Using Padlet
Journey into Ungrading
Common Doubts: Faculty
Common Doubts: Grades
Common Doubts: Students
How to Start
What are your doubts? �How can we be of service?
Let’s explore your questions in the Padlet.
It takes a village.
Let’s continue to help and support each other.
Presenters: �Lori Mesrobian (lmesrobi@usc.edu) Kendra Walther (kwalther@usc.edu Mellissa Withers (mwithers@usc.edu)
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Opportunity:
What’s next?
Now until 2:15 Lunch break (offline)
Next Parallel sessions
2:15 - 3:15 12A - Equity and inclusion in Alternative Grading
12B - SOTL research on Alternative Grading (part 1)
12C - Alternative Grading in large classes