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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 23:30:16 JST Paul Cantrell

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   Getting a better intro course took 10-15 years of hard work from my colleague Susan Fox with contributions from probably half a dozen people. This is inside a department with faculty fully in board and believing in the project. A decade. It’s so hard.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 23:51:52 JST Paul Cantrell

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     The very short summary is “from lectures to active learning.” I don’t know if Susan has written up the long version.

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     Richard Hendricks (hendric@astronomy.city)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 23:51:53 JST Richard Hendricks

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     @inthehands @mav Is there a summary or report on the initial conditions and the changes implemented?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2024 01:08:18 JST Paul Cantrell

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     The short answer is that it’s reasonably forgiving, as is adopting the pass/fail grading option.

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     Richard Hendricks (hendric@astronomy.city)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2024 01:08:20 JST Richard Hendricks

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     @inthehands @mav What's the policy on withdrawals and dropping classes? My son is at Texas A&M and it seems super punishing with only a week or so to change a course without penalty, and if you "Q drop" after that time, you only have a limited number and those stick on you like a Scarlet Letter even if you change universities in Texas. Makes it really hard to decide on trying out a course you may not do well in, because of the timeframes and penalties.