Editing Interpersonal Media (Fall 2020)
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Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due at the end of the day (i.e., 11:59pm on the day they are listed as being due). | Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due at the end of the day (i.e., 11:59pm on the day they are listed as being due). | ||
=== | === Participation and Cases === | ||
The course relies heavily on the case study method | The course relies heavily on participation, discussion, and the case study method. A standard "case" usually involves reading an example—perhaps up to 20-35 pages of background about an organization or group facing an ambiguous or difficult challenge. I will mark certain readings as "[Cases]" in the syllabus and I will expect you to read these particularly closely. It is important to realize that '''I will not summarize case material in class and I will not cover it in lecture'''. I expect you all to have read it and we will jump in and start discussing it. | ||
Cases ask students to put themselves in the positions of individuals facing difficult situations to tease out the tensions and forces at play in the case and to construct — through group discussion — the broader lessons and takeaways. Cases are a wonderful way to connect the sometimes abstract concepts taught in many academic courses to real examples of the type of ambiguous situations that you will likely encounter in your career. Generally speaking, there are not right and wrong answers in cases. | Cases ask students to put themselves in the positions of individuals facing difficult situations to tease out the tensions and forces at play in the case and to construct — through group discussion — the broader lessons and takeaways. Cases are a wonderful way to connect the sometimes abstract concepts taught in many academic courses to real examples of the type of ambiguous situations that you will likely encounter in your career. Generally speaking, there are not right and wrong answers in cases. | ||
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I have written a computer program that will generate a random list of students each day and I will use this list to '''randomly''' cold call students in the class. To try to maintain participation balance, the program will try to ensure that everybody is cold called a similar number of times during the quarter. Although there is there always some chance that you will called upon next, you will become less likely to be called upon relative to your classmates each time you are called upon. | I have written a computer program that will generate a random list of students each day and I will use this list to '''randomly''' cold call students in the class. To try to maintain participation balance, the program will try to ensure that everybody is cold called a similar number of times during the quarter. Although there is there always some chance that you will called upon next, you will become less likely to be called upon relative to your classmates each time you are called upon. | ||
==== Assessment for | ==== Assessment for Participation ==== | ||
I | Each time you are called upon randomly, I will assess your preparedness based on how you answer. I tend to do these assessments generously but I don't treat this as a "gimme" either. The "Participation Rubric" section of [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Assessment | the detailed page on assessment]] provides a general rubric I use in evaluating participation. The rubic I will use for evaluating each answer you give is: | ||
* '''Engagement:''' Do you respond in a way that makes it clear that you have been following and engaged with the case discussion? | |||
* '''Preparedness:''' Does your answer demonstrate that you have prepared for the case? Have you clearly done the reading? | |||
* '''Fluency:''' Are you able to refer to relevant course concepts from lecture and the non-case material in framing your answers or opinions. Can you engage in synthesis using material we've covered? | |||
For people who participate fully (i.e., at level that is similar or greater than most of your classmates), your participation grade will be the average assessment you receive over all the times you are called upon randomly. | |||
As the name suggests, your participation grade in the class relies on your participation, not your attendance. Of course, if you do not attend class, it will be difficult for you to participate at a level of your classmates classmates. My cold calling algorithm will do everything it can to balance the number of questions asked of each students even if some folks are in class more often than others by calling on folks more when they are present. I will look at full data to determine if you have not been asked questions simply because you were rarely in class and assess missing proportion portion of your grade as a zero. In the past, every students who attended the large majority of classes were able to participate on the same level of their classmates and had full participation grades. | |||
Finally, if you cannot attend class, you '''must tell us in advance''' by filling out [https://forms.gle/KSDJiptVwusBWw4BA this simple Google form] that asks for two things: (1) your UW student number and (2) the date you will be absent from class. You must fill this out '''one hour before class begins''' or I will not be able to incorporate it into the program that select names. I will use this attendance data to ensure that nobody is penalized for a lack of participation simple because they were "unlucky" and did not get selected by the cold call program. I will also record absences based on whether you were not present in class when your name was called. If you fail to use the form and are cold called but are not around to answer, your participation grade will be lowered. | |||
=== Papers === | === Papers === | ||
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I will follow the very detailed grading rubric described on [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Assessment|my assessment page]]. Please read it carefully I will assign grades for each of following items on the UW 4.0 grade scale according to the weights below: | I will follow the very detailed grading rubric described on [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Assessment|my assessment page]]. Please read it carefully I will assign grades for each of following items on the UW 4.0 grade scale according to the weights below: | ||
* | * Participation: 30% | ||
* Wikipedia assignments: 15% | * Wikipedia assignments: 15% | ||
* Wikipedia reflection essay: 10% | * Wikipedia reflection essay: 10% | ||
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=== Your Presence in Class === | === Your Presence in Class === | ||
As detailed in [[# | As detailed in [[#Participation_and_Cases|section on participation and cases]] and in [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Assessment | my page on assessment]], class participation is an important way that we assess learning in the class. Obviously, you must be in class in order to participate. <strike>If you need to miss class for any reason, please fill out the [https://forms.gle/KSDJiptVwusBWw4BA course absence form] so that we know you are not coming and do not include you in our cold call list.</strike> In the event of an absence, you are responsible for obtaining class notes, handouts, assignments, etc. | ||
There are many students who have eagerly requested to join the class, but there are not enough seats. I want to include as many students in the class as possible, we will automatically drop anyone who misses the first two class sessions and try to replace them with unenrolled students who do attend. This is consistent with college policy and with the course description in the catalog. | There are many students who have eagerly requested to join the class, but there are not enough seats. I want to include as many students in the class as possible, we will automatically drop anyone who misses the first two class sessions and try to replace them with unenrolled students who do attend. This is consistent with college policy and with the course description in the catalog. | ||
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'''Except during these parts of class — which — I ask that you refrain from using your laptops, tablets, phones, and pretty much any (digital) device with a screen.''' | '''Except during these parts of class — which — I ask that you refrain from using your laptops, tablets, phones, and pretty much any (digital) device with a screen.''' | ||
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=== Office Hours === | === Office Hours === | ||
