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And besides, dear Ali, John, Helen and other colleagues. Our students could publish their own “howlers”…"Did you hear the one about the instructor who asked students to recall what graduate program her niece was following as an exam question? After all, the instructor did mention it in class…during one of her many tangents”. Would this be regarded as two wrongs making a right? Regards, Alan W. Alan Wright, Ph.D. Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education and Academic Development and Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, ON Canada N9B 3P4 [log in to unmask] 519 253 3000 (3801) From: "Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association" on behalf of Mark Gray Reply-To: Mark Gray Date: Monday, September 14, 2015 at 12:28 PM To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" Subject: Re: exam howlers Amen, we are here to encourage not discourage. On 14 Sep 2015, at 17:05, Cooper, Alison <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: I have so long objected to this, for school students and uni students – so it is great to have it contested on a wider stage. There is no sense of humour involved in mocking people behind their backs, anonymous or otherwise. It is no different from laughing at people when they fall over a hidden obstacle put there for that express purpose. It cheapens and degrades those who do the mocking – so that’s OK!! Ali Ali Cooper | PFHEA, MA, MEd, PGCE | Educational Development Adviser | Organisation & Educational Development | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | 01524 510632 | HR Building | Lancaster University | LA1 4YW <image001.jpg> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lea, John ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) Sent: 14 September 2015 16:45 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: exam howlers Thanks Helen. I'm glad this has come up and at the risk of sounding like someone without a sense of humour, I've always felt a little uneasy about this yearly tradition, because who wouldn't make mistakes when being asked to write very fast for 3 hrs while sitting in a sports hall in May? Yes, some of them are very funny, but perhaps the biggest joke is on the people who think that the person who wins the exam game is the most intelligent one in the class... John John Lea Sent from my iPhone On 14 Sep 2015, at 10:30, Helen Webster <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear colleagues, I just stumbled across an initiative on twitter regarding the annual practice of publishing exam howlers by students in the national press, in particular the Times Higher's competition inviting academics to submit their students' funniest mistakes. There's a letter being drafted to Universities UK, stating that not only does this 'shaming' of students conflict with the values of teaching, but may also breach universities' own policies around confidentiality and intellectual property in assessment. It seems to me that this is an issue on which educational developers might also have much to say, and thought I would pass it on via this list. The letter is currently in draft, and comments are invited: https://levelt.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/examhowlers-draft-letter-to-universities-uk/ comments and signatures can be offered to Sjoerd Levelt via [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, or @slevelt on twitter. best wishes, Helen