Comments on: Blog Posting Rubric http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/10/21/blog-posting-rubric/ Educational Research + (Virtual) Identity in Postmodernity Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:40:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeffrey Keefer http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/10/21/blog-posting-rubric/comment-page-1/#comment-5115 Jeffrey Keefer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:19:35 +0000 http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/10/21/blog-posting-rubric/#comment-5115 Chris, I have come back to your reply several times in the past few weeks -- you have so much here for me to unpack. I even posted more work I am doing in this area in a new blog post today http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/11/22/assessment-issues-in-online-learning/ where I am pushing the reality of assessments, and how something that often seems so simple is really quite a bit more complicated and involved. One of these days I will have to see how you handle this in your own classes! Jeffrey Chris, I have come back to your reply several times in the past few weeks — you have so much here for me to unpack. I even posted more work I am doing in this area in a new blog post today http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/11/22/assessment-issues-in-online-learning/ where I am pushing the reality of assessments, and how something that often seems so simple is really quite a bit more complicated and involved.

One of these days I will have to see how you handle this in your own classes!

Jeffrey

]]> By: Chris Lott http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/10/21/blog-posting-rubric/comment-page-1/#comment-4674 Chris Lott Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:37:46 +0000 http://silenceandvoice.com/archives/2009/10/21/blog-posting-rubric/#comment-4674 I don't think it's *quite* as simple as rubrics or a dartboard. Over time I've become less and less interested in rubrics as a generalized tool. I've come to think of them as most useful for specific, highly targeted assignments... collaboratively created if possible. I have a lot less confidence in them-- and a lot more worries about their effect-- when they are used in a more generalized manner, or as the basis for repetitive assignments. That's when the problems with rubrics (providing incentives for uniformity, lack of flexibility, lack of recognition of strong performance outside of given proportions, etc) become clearer. I have students blog in most of my classes. I stopped using a rubric in most cases and instead explained that-- like the real world-- there is no magic word count or structure that will automatically score higher. A two sentence insight deserves recognition. So does a well-constructed and crafted discussion. So does a post that uses media in a way that enhances the content. You get the idea! I don’t think it’s *quite* as simple as rubrics or a dartboard. Over time I’ve become less and less interested in rubrics as a generalized tool. I’ve come to think of them as most useful for specific, highly targeted assignments… collaboratively created if possible.

I have a lot less confidence in them– and a lot more worries about their effect– when they are used in a more generalized manner, or as the basis for repetitive assignments. That’s when the problems with rubrics (providing incentives for uniformity, lack of flexibility, lack of recognition of strong performance outside of given proportions, etc) become clearer.

I have students blog in most of my classes. I stopped using a rubric in most cases and instead explained that– like the real world– there is no magic word count or structure that will automatically score higher. A two sentence insight deserves recognition. So does a well-constructed and crafted discussion. So does a post that uses media in a way that enhances the content. You get the idea!

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