How do you grade a conversation?
This article, written by Trent Batson, talks about "academic conversations" and the principles for evaluating online conversations. He gives an example of how he talked to a friend who told him about a colleague who based all of the grades for he semester on the students conversations through blackboard. The learning experiance depended on how well they conversed throughout the ongoing conversation.
The criteria he provides for evaluating online conversations is one, creating conherence. This creates a conversation that is easily understood. The second criteria provided is the awareness of audience. By being aware of the audience, the writer is able to target their writing towards a person or a group of people. The third criteria is purpose. A purpose will help to convey the message across in an academic way. And the fourth and final criteria is the diction. The diction is the words. The use of words is very important because it can help to distinguish between an academic and social conversation.
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