Some people hated school, but you loved it, because success was quantifiable -- you had assignments, grades, feedback, and a teacher whose job it was to provide positive feedback and a pat on the back for a job well-done.
For the OCW user, there is no interaction with faculty members, no grading or feedback, no course credit and no degree.
Returning work with a grade and feedback indicates to the student that the work has passed the academic integrity test, and where a student has used contract cheating to pass encourages them to risk repeating or even, promote the behaviour.
Grading and feedback generation for complex open exercises is a major challenge in e-learning and e-assessment.
An additional problem was noted that lead faculty are not consistent so that "discrepancies in grades and feedback occurred that don't relate to the quality of work".
Each course comes with a built-in social network for every student taking the course, allowing students to share notes, ask or answer discussion questions, and receive grades and feedback from teachers.
It provides an online platform with features and tools that promote inquiry, such as reading and writing prompts, argument organisers and explanation generation tools, activity templates, rich media and interactive simulations, monitoring and engaging with students, customising curricula authoring features, and grading and feedback tools.
Dawson and Sutherland-Smith (2017) reported that academics can identify some forms of contract cheating, but again their experiment was outside of the time pressures of providing grading and feedback within sessional requirements, and without the need to discuss irregularities with students.
In particular, does grading provide feedback for students that can promote learning?
Don't dwell on bad grades, negative feedback or negative people.
