tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post2775398778071405400..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: I would prefer not toBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-15305584357559755082008-07-30T08:31:00.000-07:002008-07-30T08:31:00.000-07:00I like Inside's idea, if you feel like you want to...I like Inside's idea, if you feel like you want to play along at all. It would force people to consider HOW they are going to use the information. Data is very easy to collect but very hard to use; lord knows there are plenty of us around with stacks of unanalyzed, uninterpreted data from 10 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-59344161264575104892008-07-28T15:02:00.000-07:002008-07-28T15:02:00.000-07:00It seems perfectly logical to me to respond with a...It seems perfectly logical to me to respond with a polite no. Granted, I don't know what sort of vindictive behavior you might have to deal with if you did so but...<BR/><BR/>As IPF said, the odds of you or your students gaining anything from the assessment are slim to none. Syllabi aren't inviolate, of course, but losing classtime to something so useless as campus assessment isn't a worthwhile reason to cut, cram or shave material. <BR/><BR/>Is it possible to decline with a well-worded and perfectly polite "no, thanks, but I appreciate you thinking of me"?phd mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708857060614302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-36025604685380248472008-07-28T13:49:00.000-07:002008-07-28T13:49:00.000-07:00I did time on our assessment committee -- talk abo...I did time on our assessment committee -- talk about a hot bed of baseless anticipation of backlash from faculty... I suspect your assessment infrastructure isn't much different -- and thus, I can see why you haven't had any useful feedback.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that the committee thinks faculty will see assessment feedback as critical and somehow threatening --- like they are checking up on you etc. Thus, the data isn't processed in a way that "closes the loop" (to use 2 year-old assessment jargon).<BR/><BR/>If I got an e-mail similar to yours, I'd respond with a much nicer and more diplomatic version of "I'll rearrange my syllabus to accomodate this exercise when you explain to me how the data will be used and when I can expect the loop to be closed. Until then, the syllabus will remain unchanged and I'll respectfully decline to participate. Further, I'll discuss this with my colleagues and I suspect they'll respond in a similar manner..."Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.com