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I want to share an experience this year from my #NoDeadlines class set-up, an example of a student who succeeded because they were able to manage their own deadlines. 🧵1/
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This student started the semester behind schedule. She was taking 5 classes, plus raising toddlers, plus pregnant. (Details shared with her permission.) She reached out to me and to the dean.
I really didn't think she would make it. 2/
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I really didn't think she would make it. 2/
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In my classes there is never a penalty for turning in work late. I focus on learning, not when the learning happens. Deadlines are "best by" dates.
When I started this policy, I worried students would flake and put everything off to the end. 3/
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When I started this policy, I worried students would flake and put everything off to the end. 3/
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