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We aren't allowed to grade for "participation" in class here (which is good IMO), but I do have "colleague points" that changes the culture of the classroom, creates co-learning, and meets disability accommodations. Students can get one point for:
- Taking class notes: Every class, we have two notetakers who post their notes online.
- Timekeeping: I put the "Table of contents" for a class session up with the timing of each, and they help me stay paced & we always end on time
- Timekeeping: I put the "Table of contents" for a class session up with the timing of each, and they help me stay paced & we always end on time
- participate in making a class contract for shared expectations for how we all want to be treated (this is facilitated in the first two classes)
- email an author of a text and share how it changed their thinking (based on @eatingpolitics assignment)
- email an author of a text and share how it changed their thinking (based on @eatingpolitics assignment)
- write a letter to future students: on the last day, they write a letter to next semester's students with tips and tricks for navigating the course (& my teaching/grading style) they wish they knew at the start
- any form of mutual aid eg proof reading, showing the library, etc
- any form of mutual aid eg proof reading, showing the library, etc
There are others, too, but this is the gist. Students say it changes the class from competitive to cooperative and they feel better asking for help (or collegiality!). They are graded /10 for the semester (changes with course size). They can get 11/10.
You'll notice most of these can be done by introverts w/o having to become extroverts, a core issue I have when participation = talking.
