At this point in time, I am feeling overwhelmed, because like many, I have not yet had the 5302 course and I feel that I am light-years behind. I found myself reading each of the above articles and then clicking on the links to see where they would bring me. I enjoyed exploring all of these articles, but a few of them caught my eye. The first article, “Love of learning is the key to success in the jobless future” made me think about jobs in the future. I just mentioned in my Introduction post that as educators, we are preparing kids for jobs that have not yet been created. This article made mention that in the past, careers were something that lasted twenty plus years and now with the way everything is evolving, a career will last an average of ten years and in the future this number will decrease to five years to eventually being no careers (Harapnuik, 2015). This is crazy and shows just how fast things are evolving.
Another article I enjoyed was “New study highlights the benefits of ePortfolios in engineering education.” This article, done at the University of Notre Dame, focuses on how ePortfolios can help professors see if a student is going to be successful or not in their intro courses by gauging how much the student is engaged in the class (Harapnuik, 2015). It also talked about since these ePortfolios are the students’ creations, that giving a numeric grade would not be right. Instead, it would either be a “Pass” or “Needs to Improve.” As a teacher, I particularly do not like giving out numeric grades. I do not think this grade is a true reflection of the true level of a student. I want to explore this topic more to see how I can utilize this in my classroom and bring out COVA for my students.
References
Harapnuik D., EDLD 5303 Getting Started Tips, 2015
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