Death to the Digital Dropbox: Rethinking student privacy and public performance

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Abstract

Key Takeaways
  • Requiring students to submit work privately using a digital dropbox (or even worse, e-mail) can be a destructive pedagogical practice.
  • Students benefit from public performance and public critique because people have to perform in the "real world" and are regularly subject to critique.
  • Online faculty should strive to incorporate authentic, real-world types of experiences in the online courses they teach — including public performance and the accompanying public feedback.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalEducause Review
Volume33
Issue number3
StatePublished - 22 Sep 2010

Keywords

  • Digital Dropbox
  • Learning
  • Learning Management System
  • Online Learning
  • Privacy
  • Teaching

EGS Disciplines

  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Higher Education and Teaching
  • Instructional Media Design
  • Other Education

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