This may not be a traditional blog post but I think it's important and am intrigued nonetheless. I'm wondering how people in the education sector are assessing blog posts (for classes using blogs for blogging, online resumes, etc.). Are rubrics really different from traditional paper assignments?
I'm working with a couple of different courses that are using blogs in different ways so I already have a bit of an idea. What's interesting so far is that blogs are not really treated differently from normal coursework. I'm waiting for permission to use their cases and words and I'll post more info. I promise.
But until then, what do you think? Keep in mind, you don't have to be using blogs in a classroom to answer this question. Just think about it and share your thoughts!
I'm working with a couple of different courses that are using blogs in different ways so I already have a bit of an idea. What's interesting so far is that blogs are not really treated differently from normal coursework. I'm waiting for permission to use their cases and words and I'll post more info. I promise.
But until then, what do you think? Keep in mind, you don't have to be using blogs in a classroom to answer this question. Just think about it and share your thoughts!
Since I don't teach or work in a college, I don't have much hands-on experiences with grading blogs. Personally, I don't think that they would be very different from grading any other reflection assignment or discussion board assignment unless the assignment contains some sort of requirement like making a new post of a certain number of words and responding to 2 classmate's posts each week. Then it's a basically a numbers game.
For our Multicultural Competencies certificate, I created a rubric to help group leaders grade case studies that students were assigned to write after completing the all 4 modules about a number of social justice issues. I'd be happy to share that with you if you think it would be beneficial. Let me know.