Have you ever wondered just how much work your class or course actually entails for students, or if you are a student just how much time you need to invest in your coursework outside of class. This guest post by my colleague at the Center for Learning and Teaching at The American University in Cairo looks the advantages and limitations of just such a tool. Check it out!
A Guest Post by Maha Bali
Would You Use a Course Workload Calculator?
Reading Time: 2 minutes
This is the second time I come across something like this. A course workload calculator. This one from Rice University (I have a soft spot for them because I taught there in 2008).
On the one hand, I feel like it can be useful for people who teach courses at the same level to compare their workloads to each other or what is expected.
Share this:
Filed under: Apps, digital content creation, digital resources | Tagged: Bali, Wolsey |
Literacy Beat 
You know after I wrote that post, someone showed me some interesting studies by Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching on the validity (or lack thereof) of credit hours/time as a measure of engagement with learning. She also shared a blogpost of hers reflecting on this and what it means for online learning especially. It’s a good post: https://www.leighgraveswolf.com/2019/08/04/a-critical-digital-pedagogy-musing-going-beyond-1159pm/