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Building on students' superpowers: ungrading, motivation, curiosity and real learning

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm MDT

Susan Blum stading outside near a flowering tree

A webinar with Susan Blum on alternative grading practices for learning and equity

Thursday, Oct. 27, 3-4:30 p.m.
Webinar (register below to receive the link)

Why is it that increasing numbers of educators are questioning our conventional grading practices? Can we really do things differently? In this event, Susan Blum introduces some of the principles and practices of “ungrading.”

Susan D. Blum is professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, currently researching education and pedagogical praxis. Her recent work includes “Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead).”

Register to hear Susan Blum on Oct. 27.

The Department of Gender Studies, the Department of Sociology and the Center for Teaching and Learning sponsor this event.