Without grades, institutions will have to spend more time considering candidates who apply to their programmes, and the same holds true for employers — but the result will be worth it. We will have to see the individuals who apply, and consider their individual suitability for the programme / degree / job they’re applying for.

As for publications: in the HE sector we currently waste enourmous amounts of money and resources supporting a publication industry that exists to give faculy some metrics to show at their next salary review. There are better ways. There are better ways of disseminating research, there are better ways of sharing new thoughts and findings, and there are better things to spend time and money on than publication metrics.

We in higher education need to lead the fight to move away from results-oriented education and find our way to systems that reward — genuinely reward — curiosity, investigation, and learning.

/rant

#HigherEducation #Ungrading #AI (3/3)

@SmartmanApps

Sorry, that wasn't what I meant by "not grade". What I was talking about is #ungrading. There is an "ungrading" movement in education which argues that students are poorly served by grading and are better served by creating internal motivations. (This does not match my personal teaching experiences, but I was pointing out that #ungrading wouldn't solve my concerns.)

If we suspect plagiarism (including AI use when we have prohibited it), we are *required* to report it to the university which results in an investigation. (This was done because it was found that the students who were actually cheating tended to be good at snowing the professor with a "oh, sorry, I didn't understand" and "I won't do it again." Since a given professor wouldn't know the serial nature of the crime, it is required that we report it so that serial perpetrators can be identified.)

@pyviv C'est ça ! J'essaie de dire aux étu "ça n'est qu'une note, pas votre vie, une note, ça se rattrape !", mais, côté responsable de formation, tout ce qu'on voit d'un dossier pour les sélections en master, ce sont ces chiffres.

Moi je dis, #ungrading et puis basta.