TY - GEN
T1 - Pointless grading and digital content delivery as educational differentiators
T2 - 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020
AU - Barnard, Andrew R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - University professors need to be content delivery specialists to compete for students’ attention with lots of other content in the digital world. In addition, grading systems, although necessary for student evaluation, are a constant barrier between faculty and student interaction. This paper presents non-traditional ways to deliver content to students and evaluate students, in an effort to break down artificial barriers between faculty and students. The case study involves two courses at Michigan Technological University: Acoustics and Noise Control, and Shock and Vibration. Traffic light grading is discussed as a way to move away from point-based evaluation systems. Coupled with student-led exam debrief sessions, student investment in the new grading system has been high. Flipped classroom examples will also be discussed as a content delivery strategy, allowing more person-to-person interaction during classroom hours. This paper will share teaching strategies through examples of successes and failures of these strategies in teaching noise and vibration courses.
AB - University professors need to be content delivery specialists to compete for students’ attention with lots of other content in the digital world. In addition, grading systems, although necessary for student evaluation, are a constant barrier between faculty and student interaction. This paper presents non-traditional ways to deliver content to students and evaluate students, in an effort to break down artificial barriers between faculty and students. The case study involves two courses at Michigan Technological University: Acoustics and Noise Control, and Shock and Vibration. Traffic light grading is discussed as a way to move away from point-based evaluation systems. Coupled with student-led exam debrief sessions, student investment in the new grading system has been high. Flipped classroom examples will also be discussed as a content delivery strategy, allowing more person-to-person interaction during classroom hours. This paper will share teaching strategies through examples of successes and failures of these strategies in teaching noise and vibration courses.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-47709-7_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-47709-7_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85092240622
SN - 9783030477080
T3 - Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
SP - 301
EP - 303
BT - Special Topics in Structural Dynamics and Experimental Techniques, Volume 5 - Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020
A2 - Epp, David S.
PB - Springer
Y2 - 10 February 2020 through 13 February 2020
ER -