tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post7156427784391327484..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: I Thought We Covered That?Bardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-11206440568788682982010-12-31T05:16:52.071-08:002010-12-31T05:16:52.071-08:00Koshary - My sense is that the world in which that...Koshary - My sense is that the world in which that sort of broad coverage makes sense is the world of accreditation and assessment. It's all about demonstrating student learning outcomes, which are defined in really broad ways, which means that for some, "depth" can look like "failure to meet the required SLOs." <br /><br />The point isn't really to meet each of those areas in a deep way. It's to somehow spin what you already do to fit into those boxes and then to collect data about how what you do fits into those boxes so that you can prove to people (accrediting bodies, legislators, upper admin, tax-payers) that you do what you already do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-38801978163734723722010-12-31T00:50:00.774-08:002010-12-31T00:50:00.774-08:00From what field does your deanling come? I'm ...From what field does your deanling come? I'm trying to think of a discipline in which hir nonsense makes sense, and I'm failing. (Do hard sciences approach coverage that way? Surely mechanical engineers need to learn stuff in depth as well as breadth!) It's the sort of airily daffy standard that inspires snide remarks about how admins have no idea how college courses actually work. And, from reading blogs, I now know that this is a pernicious stereotype of admins. (Right?) So what gives? In what world does that kind of broad coverage make sense for anyone? (Even Pseudology can't stretch itself that far without fudging the requirements a bit!)Dr. Kosharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-147568365532234322010-12-30T12:42:59.382-08:002010-12-30T12:42:59.382-08:00If I didn't know better, I'd think that we...If I didn't know better, I'd think that we worked at the same place. I went through all of this nonsense (and continue to deal with it) when we revamped our general education program. For whatever reason, people outside the humanities *do not get* how courses work in our field. Even if you explain it a lot of times.<br /><br />The thing I ended up doing was just taking what we already had and making sure I pointed out all of the things that fit into the outside-the-department model for designing a course, basically packaging our stuff for that audience. It's a ton of work, and it's pointless, mindless, unnecessary work. But apparently that's how things get done :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com