| Title | Human assessment of student work at scale: pedagogy, privacy, and community |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Science |
| Status | Active |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2022 |
| Project Summary | Plom is open-source software for large-scale online grading by humans, developed by the Mathematics Department and supported through the TLEF. It offers streamlined workflows for TAs to provide feedback to students. For instructors, Plom offers test preparation, robust scanning logistics, and potential insight into TA grading practices and student learning. Plom has been used to mark ~43000 papers in 45 classes. As an Open Education Resource, its features, and pedagogical potential have garnered significant interest at UBC and beyond. With this Large TLEF, we seek to ramp-up development to broaden Plom’s reach and impact by:
The further development of Plom will help provide students with consistent personalized feedback, improved data-privacy, and employment opportunities to help develop and deploy Plom across courses. |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2022/2023 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Colin Macdonald |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 162,152 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Colin Macdonald, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Faculty of Science |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2023/2024 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Colin Macdonald |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 77,446 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Colin Macdonald, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Faculty of Science |