Friday 25 September 2009

Roboprof is on the case

I probably shouldn't draw attention to this, as my superiors will think it's a great idea, but one of the PGCE people lauded the introduction of automatic marking systems, currently in use in the US.

The idea is that a computer program loaded with a sample essay can compare student work to the sample and grade it… so much for knowledge, expertise, skill and the human touch. I thought we were being McDonaldized, but clearly education's going to be a lot worse than that.

3 comments:

Lou said...

OMFG this cannot be a serious idea. A list of words on the page would presumably suffice?

Lou said...

Jeez watch out for this Vole;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/sep/23/teacher-pupil-sexual-relationship

The Plashing Vole said...

Yes, a list of nouns and verbs would probably do the job…

As for the other thing, thanks! I'm also a welfare/child protection officer for fencing events) and we see this stuff going from time to time.