Assessment spring 2021 courses
The theme spring 2021 has to have been disengagement. By March 12 there were already signs that students were disengaging in pure online academic courses. This term ESS 101w Walking for Fitness, MS 150 Statistics, and SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany were purely online courses. SC 130 Physical Science was blended with online videos replacing lectures/demonstrations while the laboratories were held on campus with reduced class sizes. By March 12 submission rates in SCSS115 and MS150 were abysmal Notes on course structures ESS 101w used the Strava app to track students walking a mile a day for at least five days each week. This worked remarkably well. All of the students had or obtained mobile technology, downloaded Strava, and tracked their walks. Students did not have to upload any proof of walking, this was directly available from Strava. The students only had to launch and start Strava. Walks were recorded in Schoology. This course did not not see significant disengagement. MS 150 Statis