I strive to be approachable, clear, organized, prepared, patient, and easy to communicate with. I encourage questions.
I recognize you as a group of diverse learners, and, as such, I will use a variety of assignments and interactive class sessions that use different learning strategies. I will avoid lecturing.
I will be actively present in your learning.
I will respond to your emails within 24-48 hours.
I will provide a supportive and safe environment for you to share and discuss ideas with your peers.
I will reach out to you when I sense that you need support.
I will treat you with dignity and respect and be flexible to support your individual needs.
I will create assignments that build on each other, so that the big assignments are actually the accumulation of lots of work that you have have already done and have received feedback about.
I won't be perfect. I am human and will make mistakes at times. I will view mistakes as an opportunity to learn and grow.
Is there anything else you would like to add to this list?
If yes, you will have an opportunity to share at our first in-person meeting on March 28.
You will strive to be an active participant in this course and strive to meet due dates.
Our classes are a series of workshops. You prepare for the workshop by completing homework and assigned readings.
You will maintain an open line of communication with me so I understand how to support you.
You will contact me if you have a concern with meeting a due date.
You will strive to regularly contribute to collaborative activities to ensure other members of the community have ample opportunity to read/listen, reflect, and respond to your ideas.
You will treat your peers with dignity and respect.
You will do your best to have patience with technology. There will be hiccups, expect them. We will get through them together.
You will give yourself grace. Expect to make mistakes. You are human and you are stressed.
Is there anything else you would like to add to this list?
If yes, you will have an opportunity to share at our first synchronous meeting on March 28.
This includes daily participation through active involvement in the class, completion of short daily assignments, and a commitment to supporting the classroom community. We will discuss readings in class, so please come to class having read all teh materials and having completed projects and daily assignments. You will be expected to have engaged deeply with the reading and to have done quality work. If you must miss class, please notify me ahead of time; only partial points may be earned through make-up work.
I grade your work in order to prepare for the next class. So, it's quite helpful when you turn in assignments on time. However, you may automatically have a 48 hours extension with no penalty for most assignments (please see exceptions listed below). Life circumstances do come up, so please communicate. Unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor, late assignments after this extension, without prior arrangement, will be awarded a maximum of 80% of the total points. Please also know that you will lose the privilege of getting feedback when assignments are submitted later. Keep in mind that late assignments can't be used in peer reviews if they're not available yet; if your assignment is not available, then you will receive a 0 for the peer reviews. Similarly, you may not submit a late assignment for the Research Presentation. You will receive a 0 for the research presentation if your presentation is not available.
The absolute last day to submit any late assignment for this class is June 4. No assignments will be accepted after this date.
If you must be absent from class, you should write a letter to the instructor (approximately one-page or 350-500 words) to describe your major learning from readings AND class activities. This letter must be sent to the instructor within one week of the date that you missed the class meeting. To prepare for this assignment, you should follow the class agenda (posted on Class Notes), complete readings (including videos and podcasts) assigned for that day as well as presentations (see Canvas modules), see missed writing exercise questions (see Class Participation assignment). When possible, also get notes from other students about what they learned from class discussions. Instructors’ presentations will be posted on Canvas via Class Notes. Handouts and other materials will be linked to that week’s Canvas module or posted via Class Notes. If a peer review was conducted at that class meeting, contact a class peer and complete the peer review asynchronously. Post a copy of the peer review via that respective assignment. This requirement will be to compensate for your in-class contribution for that particular day.
I expect students to respect individual differences that may include race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, or other ideologies. Any behaviors that are intolerant, disrespectful, threatening, or otherwise disruptive are absolutely prohibited. Students who make it difficult for others to learn in a positive, and supportive environment will be asked to leave the class. See the UW conduct code.
Your experience in this class is important to me. It is the policy and practice of the University of Washington to create inclusive and accessible learning environments consistent with federal and state law. If you have already established accommodations with Disability Resources for Students (DRS), please activate your accommodations via myDRS so we can discuss how they will be implemented in this course.
If you have not yet established services through DRS, but have a health condition or permanent disability that requires accommodations (conditions include but not limited to; mental health, attention-related, learning, vision, hearing, physical or health impacts), contact DRS directly to set up an Access Plan. DRS facilitates the interactive process that establishes reasonable accommodations. Contact DRS at uwbdrs@uw.edu.
Integrity is an institutional priority at the University of Washington. For this reason, you must attribute any ideas or writing to its sources. See our UWB library page for crucial information regarding academic integrity. The library also has an extremely useful website with resources. You are responsible for knowing what constitutes a violation of the University of Washington Student Code, and you will be held responsible for any such violations whether they were intentional or not. Here is another helpful website on plagiarism.
Welcome! We at UW Bothell understand that the transition into civilian life can be challenging for our veteran students and we have many resources for any who may want to reach out for guidance or assistance. This includes our Vet Corp Member through the WDVA/AmeriCorp and our Student Veterans Association (SVA). Please contact Veteran & Military Resources at 425.352.5307 or rosal@uw.edu. For those of you needing more URGENT support, please dial 988 and press 1 (https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/). The phone number for The Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1.800.273.8255, or connect with the UWB CARE Team https://www.uwb.edu/studentaffairs/care-team.
Washington state law requires that UW develop a policy for accommodation of student absences or significant hardship due to reasons of faith or conscience, or for organized religious activities. The UW’s policy, including more information about how to request an accommodation, is available at Religious Accommodations Policy (https://registrar.washington.edu/staffandfaculty/religious-accommodations-policy/). Accommodations must be requested within the first two weeks of this course using the Religious Accommodations Request form (https://registrar.washington.edu/students/religious-accommodations-request/).”
This is somewhat new territory at academic institutions and policies are being developed to address the potential negative impact of AU, which might lead to acts of plagiarism as well as diminish learning overall. In this course all your work must be your own, including writing/other assigned tasks that are part of the course assignments. In an ideal world, Chat GPT can be/become an excellent tool to help writers learn to edit, to expedite certain repetitive tasks, and to potentially free one up for the more creative parts of a job. This is to say if used judiciously and with integrity, AI/Chat GPT can be a plus. The concern here, however, is that it might diminish outcomes if not utilized properly. You cannot trust anything that AI says. If it give you a fact, assume it is wrong unless you either know the answer or can check in with another source.
There are errors and omissions the tool provides.
Additionally, assignments in this course are opportunities for you to learn through research and synthesis of information. In these assignments, it is the process that also matters alongside the results.
In that spirit, the (tentative) course policy for AI use in this course can be summarized in two sentences: You amy not use AI for this course. All your work is your own and original, so stay clear of Chat GPT and other AI that creates any work, or part of the work for you.
A student who cannot complete a course is not automatically guaranteed an Incomplete. University rules state that "an incomplete is given only when the student has been in attendance and has done satisfactory work until within two weeks at the end of the quarter and has furnished proof satisfactory to the instructor that the work cannot be completed because of illness or other circumstances beyond the student's control."