tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944649869358811405.post8398730720745616618..comments2023-06-14T10:34:54.469+01:00Comments on Beyond the Ivory Tower: The No-Win SituationOliver Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15470911924018335990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944649869358811405.post-57944150779189344252010-06-17T15:58:58.801+01:002010-06-17T15:58:58.801+01:00hm, maybe what you are trying to achieve here is &...hm, maybe what you are trying to achieve here is "group work skills" and the only way to quantify is with some focus groups-do your students feel that albeit a "different/difficult/weird" experience they have actually enhanced their ability to work within a group? At the end of the day, students should be enjoying the course, but of course we can't always make them happy. A tough one...Blackbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932530609232864018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944649869358811405.post-2717308628639936582010-06-17T14:21:10.729+01:002010-06-17T14:21:10.729+01:00One problem is that past experience is not for me ...One problem is that past experience is not for me to change. Next year's student intake will still think of it as unusual, even if I have used it for several years in my own modules.<br /><br />As for success: it is impossible to measure, I believe. You cannot compare across cohorts, as the students are not comparable, and a large part of this is not quantifiable. How do you measure 'feeling of being in a group rather than alone' or 'being used to working with other people'? Some of these are those fabled transferable skills which will have little impact on the module grade or other ways of assessing learning success. Though I'd be delighted to learn of ways of evaluating the success more thoroughly than just through my own intuition!Oliver Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15470911924018335990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944649869358811405.post-70387380640429582862010-06-17T14:03:58.635+01:002010-06-17T14:03:58.635+01:00The reason for negative feedback lies in the compa...The reason for negative feedback lies in the comparison with past experience and not results. If you carry on doing it, students will gradually accept it as a given. But do you have evidence of learning being more successful with the new method?Blackbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932530609232864018noreply@blogger.com