@ncurrant

Academic, Ed Dev: Uni of Bedfordshire. Runner, vegetarian. Compassionate Assessment

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Joined May 2007
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Academic colleague said that stressing students is a good thing to develop their resilience (in the context of making them do exams). Really?! Is anyone aware of evidence that shows stress builds resilience? Rather than the other direction of resilience helps cope with stress.
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Pleased to share the new episode of the L&T Chat Show podcast is about #compassionate #assessment, compassion in teaching and an invitation to join some research, with @ncurrant , @i_am_vikkic and @lizbunting . Massive thanks to Roger Saunders! open.spotify.com/episode/315…
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A5 We’ve moved way beyond the point where tinkering with the system will work. There come’s a point with any design where you’ve just got to stop, admit it’s not working, and start again. #lthechat
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A4 loving the examples of compassionate assessment practices and policies #lthechat
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#lthechat A1 interesting which words compassion is associated with: empathy, kindness, care, sympathy (or not), action, with others.
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We're back again tomorrow night for #LTHEChat. Mark your calendar for 'Compassionate Assessment' with Neil Currant, Liz Bunting and Vikki Hill. To learn more about this QAA-funded project, read the blog post lthechat.com/2024/04/12/lthe…
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Why Categories Matter? The case of neurodiversity in higher education neilslearning.wordpress.com/…

Why Categories Matter? The case of neurodiversity in higher education

Colleagues and I have been trying to do some research into neurodiversity in higher education teaching, learning and assessment policies and practices. The first barrier we encounter is the way UK …

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Do I need a lawyer?
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First it was Gary Lineker and now David Attenborough so who will they silence next?
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WTF? *Please* BBC, stop capitulating to this cynical, divisive, populist Tory Government - stop letting yourselves be used to stoke these culture wars bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64920557

Gary Lineker told to step back from presenting Match of the Day

The BBC took the decision after an impartiality row over his criticism of the government's asylum plans.

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The BBC have suspended Gary Lineker until he apologies and agrees not to post anything critical about the Government on Social Media. If you stand with Gary Lineker against the Government and the BBC. RT and Like this post to show your support for him.
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Assessment Complexity neilslearning.wordpress.com/…

Assessment Complexity

AI generated image by Dream.ai for keyword ‘complexity’ Much of the literature on assessment in higher education over the last few decades has focused on three broad strands. The first …

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Bin assessment criteria neilslearning.wordpress.com/…

Bin assessment criteria

This is the third post in my reflections on pass / fail grading and the QAA funded ‘Belonging Through Assessment‘ project. In the previous posts I argued that grading in higher education is no…

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Different standards, different grades neilslearning.wordpress.com/…

Different standards, different grades

This is the second post in a series based on my work on pass / grading and the QAA funded ‘Belonging Through Assessment‘ project. in The first post I argued that assessment criteria are highly…

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How do we judge what grade to give a student? neilslearning.wordpress.com/…

How do we judge what grade to give a student?

Level 7 assessment criteria sample As part of my ongoing work on evaluating pass fail rather than grading during the pandemic and the QAA funded ‘Belonging Through Assessment’ project, …

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Arbitrary Grading Cliffs: maybe it is time to rethink grading at university. neilslearning.wordpress.com/…

Arbitrary Grading Cliffs

credit: Point Loma Nazarene University, @edtechsteve & Michael Fisher (CC BY-NC 2.0) In UK education we have a range of grades available to recognise student performance at different levels. Ho…

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Do you NEED wifi in the bathroom? Opinion seems to be divided along gender lines in initial straw poll @diskinc
71%Yes
29%No
7 votes • Final results
In case you missed it, @TwitterUK @TwitterSupport @jack still hasn't explained why it suspended Scotland's most popular provider of marriages out of the blue one day, nor has it attempted to apologise or rectify the situation. Almost certainly the result of malicious actors!
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Hey @TwitterSupport, the account of @humanistsociety was suspended two weeks ago, for no reason: when are you going to get our colleagues up and running again? They've been waiting a while and we miss them! 🔴Everyone can help us with a retweet, tagging @TwitterSupport 🔴
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For those in denial about the mission of the dark past that has built the economic, cultural and political present. Take a look at this medal afforded to Ambassadors working abroad, today . Zoom in on the centre. It is institutional and global George Floyd!
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