nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr I don’t know. If cheat prevention due to a non-negligible number of students taking your class “not actually trying to learn things” is a primary concern which requires specific measures instead of a relaxed, participatory learning (and testing) environment, it sounds like there are larger, systemic problems here.

Of course I’m not suggesting there’s a problem with your teaching system. I’m talking about a larger system where students who don’t necessarily want to learn things are somehow compelled to take classes they don’t want to actively participate in.

Then, I’ve always been critical of the tendency to position students as bad faith actors in the design of teaching and evaluation methods which feels ever-present in academia, so there’s that.

As I said. I don’t know, and I don’t want to assume too much. It’s just that this whole post left a bad taste in my mouth.