Sarah Silverman

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Instructional design and Disability Studies UDL, Feminist Pedagogy, Critical Uni Studies, #againstsurveillance

Find me also at https://sarahemilysilverman.com/

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Sarah SilvermanMay 12, 2023
Joshua GrochowMay 12, 2023

Workshop: "An introduction to #neurodiversity for educators" by @sarahesilverman.

Register your interest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeH5cT3el2OHw7mPo2vJcbVwj3--mgk38YBVdXHmCTe4cm9_A/viewform

From the registration form:

> The purpose of the workshop is to explore the history of neurodiversity, as well as related movements as Mad Pride, and self-advocacy from our location as educators, but without the intention to come away with "check box" tips for teaching. This orientation serves to remind us that neurodiversity is a radical, broad-reaching, and liberatory concept.

> About me: I am an autistic educator teaching disability studies and instructional design! Feel free to check out my work at https://sarahemilysilverman.com/ or follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/sarahesilverman.

> My thought is to conduct the workshop on zoom, and I will choose the day and time soon with the input of anyone who is interested.

Interest form for "An introduction to neurodiversity for educators"

Use this form to indicate your interest in a workshop for educators on the topic of neurodiversity. The purpose of the workshop is to explore the history of neurodiversity, as well as related movements as Mad Pride, and self-advocacy from our location as educators, but without the intention to come away with "check box" tips for teaching. This orientation serves to remind us that neurodiversity is a radical, broad-reaching, and liberatory concept. About me: I am an autistic educator teaching disability studies and instructional design! Feel free to check out my work at website or follow me on twitter. My thought is to conduct the workshop on zoom, and I will choose the day and time soon with the input of anyone who is interested.

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Sarah SilvermanMay 10, 2023
Despite all the ChatGPT discourse, I'm still deep in research on proctoring. In particular, I've been thinking about claims that remote proctoring supports working mothers, and how misguided that is. Here's an excerpt of what I've been working on https://t.co/0K60GE4muW “the feminist case against remote proctoring?”
The feminist case against remote proctoring?

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Sarah SilvermanMar 13, 2023
It is interesting to see that the first company to bring a remote proctoring device to market used the slogan "every exam can be a 'take home exam'" back in 2007. There is a long history apparently of companies trying to claim pedagogical/terms as their own to sell stuff. Because to me, "take home exam" by definition is unmonitored. This is SO similar to the remote proctoring companies of today that try to claim that they support "authentic assessments" with their spyware.
Show threadSarah SilvermanFeb 17, 2023
A small note that I used the phrase “disabilities and differences” in the piece in a way I don’t want to be misinterpreted - it was as description of how some instructors described why they sometimes struggled in some learning settings, and wasn’t an attempt to avoid “disability” in any way
Sarah SilvermanFeb 17, 2023
I wanted to share this article I wrote in New Directions for Teaching and Learning. Disabled faculty exist in every workplace, and whatever we offer as far as faculty development needs to be accessible. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tl.20526
Sarah SilvermanJan 31, 2023
A while ago I wrote a twitter thread about concerns w/Perusall algorithmic scores. I decided to make it into a longer post called “May inadvertently penalize students for positive behaviors," which is borrowed from a CTL guide about the tool.
https://sarahemilysilverman.com/2023/01/31/may-inadvertently-penalize-students-for-positive-behaviors-the-trouble-with-perusalls-algorithmic-grading/
It is another entry in the list of tools on which educators are putting warning labels, but the companies maintain that the harmful aspects of the tools are simply "options you can turn off"
“May inadvertently penalize students for positive behaviors”: The trouble with Perusall’s algorithmic grading

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Show threadSarah SilvermanJan 30, 2023
This would also be useful for creating the beginnings of a plan to move a department or school away from remote proctoring as a whole
Sarah SilvermanJan 30, 2023
With all of the chatter about ChatGPT and other forms of "cheating" I want to share my knowledge about the harms of surveillance to a general culture of academic integrity, and strategies for promoting academic integrity without surveillance. Please check out the linked workshop description and contact me if you think folks in your dept, school, CTL etc. would benefit from this discussion! https://sarahemilysilverman.com/workshop-on-academic-integrity-without-surveillance/
Workshop on “Academic Integrity Without Surveillance”

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Show threadSarah SilvermanJan 30, 2023
W/that training, I still feel a bit of residual unease when I "hold a student's hand" through something, even though it's a good thing! Sometimes people need their hand held and it is totally fine! Also, when your first college teaching experiences were as an extremely overworked TA (150+ students!) it is hard to reverse the stress response that comes with people asking for help. Over time it is going away, but it is definitely something I have had to consciously work on
Sarah SilvermanJan 30, 2023
It's hard to rewire yourself as a learner and teacher after years of asking for help and being told "you need to learn how to do this independently." I think at the undergrad level when I heard that, it was often TAs responding to untenable work conditions but by grad school, it was about weeding/initiation into the very individualistic culture of academia.