Marc C-Scott
@marccscott.bsky.social
Associate Professor & Deputy Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at Victoria University. Passionate educator, driving innovation in teaching & learning. Engaged in Screen Media, specialising in Television History and Streaming Media.
My latest Substack piece - Why Are We Locking Students Into Early Judgments? Rethinking Point-in-Time Assessment substack.com/@echoesoflea...
Why Are We Locking Students Into Early Judgments? Rethinking Point-in-Time Assessment
Why Are We Locking Students Into Early Judgments?
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October 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My latest Substack piece - Why Are We Locking Students Into Early Judgments? Rethinking Point-in-Time Assessment substack.com/@echoesoflea...
My latest SubStack piece - Assessing vs Assessment: Are They Really the Same?
In higher ed, assessment and assessing aren’t the same, yet we often treat them as if they are. What happens when we rebalance the two?
#HigherEd #Assessment #Grading #Assessing
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In higher ed, assessment and assessing aren’t the same, yet we often treat them as if they are. What happens when we rebalance the two?
#HigherEd #Assessment #Grading #Assessing
open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
October 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My latest SubStack piece - Assessing vs Assessment: Are They Really the Same?
In higher ed, assessment and assessing aren’t the same, yet we often treat them as if they are. What happens when we rebalance the two?
#HigherEd #Assessment #Grading #Assessing
open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
In higher ed, assessment and assessing aren’t the same, yet we often treat them as if they are. What happens when we rebalance the two?
#HigherEd #Assessment #Grading #Assessing
open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
The Power of Narrative Evaluation
Grades may measure achievement, but they rarely capture the story of learning…
👉 Read more: echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#HigherEd #Assessment #NarrativeEvaluation #Ungrading
Grades may measure achievement, but they rarely capture the story of learning…
👉 Read more: echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#HigherEd #Assessment #NarrativeEvaluation #Ungrading
Narrative Evaluation: Feedback That Helps Students Grow
Assessment and feedback in higher education have long been dominated by grades, rubrics, and numerical scores.
echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Power of Narrative Evaluation
Grades may measure achievement, but they rarely capture the story of learning…
👉 Read more: echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#HigherEd #Assessment #NarrativeEvaluation #Ungrading
Grades may measure achievement, but they rarely capture the story of learning…
👉 Read more: echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#HigherEd #Assessment #NarrativeEvaluation #Ungrading
I keep forgetting to post when I have new Substack each week. So here is a link echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com.
If you like it please subscribe, because I will forget to post here again.
#highereducation #assessment #learningandteaching
If you like it please subscribe, because I will forget to post here again.
#highereducation #assessment #learningandteaching
EchoesOfLearningandTeaching’s Substack | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read EchoesOfLearningandTeaching’s Substack, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I keep forgetting to post when I have new Substack each week. So here is a link echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com.
If you like it please subscribe, because I will forget to post here again.
#highereducation #assessment #learningandteaching
If you like it please subscribe, because I will forget to post here again.
#highereducation #assessment #learningandteaching
Digital tools have reshaped higher education, offering new ways to learn, but also new ways to cut corners. Generative AI has magnified long-standing cracks in assessment practices, raising an urgent question: are we truly assessing what matters?
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
Band-Aids Don’t Fix Bullet Holes: Academic Integrity and the Future of Assessment
The rapid advancement of digital tools has transformed higher education, offering students unprecedented access to information and new ways to “learn”.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Digital tools have reshaped higher education, offering new ways to learn, but also new ways to cut corners. Generative AI has magnified long-standing cracks in assessment practices, raising an urgent question: are we truly assessing what matters?
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/echoesof...
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
Do I need more than one personal academic website?
The answer is nuanced. What's right for your colleague may not be the best fit for you.
I wrote an article to help you on The Social Academic blog, #AcademicSky theacademicdesigner.com/2025/types-o...
The answer is nuanced. What's right for your colleague may not be the best fit for you.
I wrote an article to help you on The Social Academic blog, #AcademicSky theacademicdesigner.com/2025/types-o...
Types of Academic Websites for Faculty and Researchers
Website designer for academics, Jennifer van Alstyne, shares 6 types of academic websites for you. Whether you're designing your own website or collaborating to have your website done for you, Jennife...
theacademicdesigner.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Do I need more than one personal academic website?
The answer is nuanced. What's right for your colleague may not be the best fit for you.
I wrote an article to help you on The Social Academic blog, #AcademicSky theacademicdesigner.com/2025/types-o...
The answer is nuanced. What's right for your colleague may not be the best fit for you.
I wrote an article to help you on The Social Academic blog, #AcademicSky theacademicdesigner.com/2025/types-o...
My latest Substack piece, “The False Precision of Grades: What are we really measuring?”
Do grades really capture student learning? I briefly dig into this and the illusion of precision in grading…
echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/the-false-...
Do grades really capture student learning? I briefly dig into this and the illusion of precision in grading…
echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/the-false-...
The False Precision of Grades: What Are We Really Measuring?
For centuries, grading has been the dominant language of education.
echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My latest Substack piece, “The False Precision of Grades: What are we really measuring?”
Do grades really capture student learning? I briefly dig into this and the illusion of precision in grading…
echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/the-false-...
Do grades really capture student learning? I briefly dig into this and the illusion of precision in grading…
echoesoflearningandteaching.substack.com/p/the-false-...
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
"Why are apps rooted in gamification and behaviour design – techniques developed to maximise screen time – now standard in classrooms? Why is a child’s future now assumed to be digital by default?"
Worrying questions, relevant for #HigherEducation, too:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Worrying questions, relevant for #HigherEducation, too:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore, says academic Velislava Hillman
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Why are apps rooted in gamification and behaviour design – techniques developed to maximise screen time – now standard in classrooms? Why is a child’s future now assumed to be digital by default?"
Worrying questions, relevant for #HigherEducation, too:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Worrying questions, relevant for #HigherEducation, too:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have a new Substack, Echoes of Learning & Teaching. Here is the first piece - substack.com/home/post/p-... #HigherEducation #Learning #Silence #HilltopHoods #Inclusive #Teaching #MaryBuddRowe #WaitTime
From Hilltop Hoods to Higher Ed: Why Silence Matters in Teaching
Recently, I was listening to Hilltop Hoods’ new album, Fall From Light. They are a talented Australian Hip Hop group, but since this is a learning and teaching blog, I won’t dwell on this…
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September 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have a new Substack, Echoes of Learning & Teaching. Here is the first piece - substack.com/home/post/p-... #HigherEducation #Learning #Silence #HilltopHoods #Inclusive #Teaching #MaryBuddRowe #WaitTime
Have you watched the #AusOpen live stream on YouTube? What did you think?
I have just written a piece for The Conversation about why the Australian Open’s YouTube live stream looks like something straight out of Wii Sports.
theconversation.com/why-the-aust...
I have just written a piece for The Conversation about why the Australian Open’s YouTube live stream looks like something straight out of Wii Sports.
theconversation.com/why-the-aust...
Why the Australian Open’s online tennis coverage looks like a Wii sports game
Replacing players with virtual avatars was partly a necessity due to exclusive media rights deals. But beyond that, it presents some opporunities.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Have you watched the #AusOpen live stream on YouTube? What did you think?
I have just written a piece for The Conversation about why the Australian Open’s YouTube live stream looks like something straight out of Wii Sports.
theconversation.com/why-the-aust...
I have just written a piece for The Conversation about why the Australian Open’s YouTube live stream looks like something straight out of Wii Sports.
theconversation.com/why-the-aust...
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
Tomorrow, Assoc. Prof. Loretta Konjarski and I present at Swinburne’s inaugural Professional Learning Symposium! 🎤📚 Sharing insights on VU’s Grad. Certificate in Block Teaching & Professional Learning Program. Excited to connect and learn from others! 🌟🤝 #HigherEd #ProfessionalLearning #VUBlockModel
December 4, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Tomorrow, Assoc. Prof. Loretta Konjarski and I present at Swinburne’s inaugural Professional Learning Symposium! 🎤📚 Sharing insights on VU’s Grad. Certificate in Block Teaching & Professional Learning Program. Excited to connect and learn from others! 🌟🤝 #HigherEd #ProfessionalLearning #VUBlockModel
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
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The late, great Jerome Bruner reminded us that we want students to "experience success and failure not as reward and punishment but as information." This insight is so essential that I've come to call it Bruner's Law.
The late, great Jerome Bruner reminded us that we want students to "experience success and failure not as reward and punishment but as information." This insight is so essential that I've come to call it Bruner's Law.
November 30, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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The late, great Jerome Bruner reminded us that we want students to "experience success and failure not as reward and punishment but as information." This insight is so essential that I've come to call it Bruner's Law.
The late, great Jerome Bruner reminded us that we want students to "experience success and failure not as reward and punishment but as information." This insight is so essential that I've come to call it Bruner's Law.
What are some great grading podcasts to listen to?
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
a poster that says it 's podcast time with headphones
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November 26, 2024 at 9:05 PM
What are some great grading podcasts to listen to?
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
#ungradingchat #learningandteaching #podcasts #highereducation #alternativegrading
Great new Special Ed in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Volume 49, Issue 7 (2024) all about challenging that word we have far more over the past 12 months, Cheating!
Some great articles in this collection….
#Cheating #HigherEducation #Assessment
www.tandfonline.com/toc/caeh20/4...
Some great articles in this collection….
#Cheating #HigherEducation #Assessment
www.tandfonline.com/toc/caeh20/4...
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Challenging Cheating. Volume 49, Issue 7 of Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Great new Special Ed in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Volume 49, Issue 7 (2024) all about challenging that word we have far more over the past 12 months, Cheating!
Some great articles in this collection….
#Cheating #HigherEducation #Assessment
www.tandfonline.com/toc/caeh20/4...
Some great articles in this collection….
#Cheating #HigherEducation #Assessment
www.tandfonline.com/toc/caeh20/4...
Looking for other educators in Australian HE that are or have implemented #ungrading (or interested). Can be any discipline… if there is already an Australian group please let me know #ungradingchat
an older man wearing sunglasses is sitting at a desk in a classroom
ALT: an older man wearing sunglasses is sitting at a desk in a classroom
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November 21, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Looking for other educators in Australian HE that are or have implemented #ungrading (or interested). Can be any discipline… if there is already an Australian group please let me know #ungradingchat
Be interested in other thoughts…
Tim Fawns argues Authentic Assessment “enthusiasts often overlook a number of important questions about authentic assessment. What exactly is the “real world”... How do we define “authenticity”?”
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/auth...
Tim Fawns argues Authentic Assessment “enthusiasts often overlook a number of important questions about authentic assessment. What exactly is the “real world”... How do we define “authenticity”?”
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/auth...
Authentic assessment is not an educational panacea
Enthusiasts claim that authentic tasks boost work-readiness, promote inclusion and diminish cheating, but the evidence remains unclear, says Tim Fawns
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Be interested in other thoughts…
Tim Fawns argues Authentic Assessment “enthusiasts often overlook a number of important questions about authentic assessment. What exactly is the “real world”... How do we define “authenticity”?”
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/auth...
Tim Fawns argues Authentic Assessment “enthusiasts often overlook a number of important questions about authentic assessment. What exactly is the “real world”... How do we define “authenticity”?”
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/auth...
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
#Ungradingchat A2: Thinking abt our multiple approaches, perhaps it’s critical we acknowledge the wonderful diversity in our community. We know that learning & assessment are contextual. Do what’s best for you & your students! @susandblum.bsky.social explains… growbeyondgrades.org/blog/the-ung...
The Ungrading Umbrella — Grow Beyond Grades
While there is plenty of variety under the ungrading umbrella, we have more commonalities than differences. We all agree the current system needs to change, and we all recognize the way grading is int...
growbeyondgrades.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:11 PM
#Ungradingchat A2: Thinking abt our multiple approaches, perhaps it’s critical we acknowledge the wonderful diversity in our community. We know that learning & assessment are contextual. Do what’s best for you & your students! @susandblum.bsky.social explains… growbeyondgrades.org/blog/the-ung...
For those new to #AlternativeGrading, here is an interesting article by David Clark (@dccmath.bsky.social)….
“You don’t have to completely blow up your whole assessment system to make a difference.“
#ungrading #highereducation #GradingForGrowth
gradingforgrowth.com/p/small-alte...
“You don’t have to completely blow up your whole assessment system to make a difference.“
#ungrading #highereducation #GradingForGrowth
gradingforgrowth.com/p/small-alte...
Small Alternative Grading
You can use alternative grading in your class tomorrow
gradingforgrowth.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
For those new to #AlternativeGrading, here is an interesting article by David Clark (@dccmath.bsky.social)….
“You don’t have to completely blow up your whole assessment system to make a difference.“
#ungrading #highereducation #GradingForGrowth
gradingforgrowth.com/p/small-alte...
“You don’t have to completely blow up your whole assessment system to make a difference.“
#ungrading #highereducation #GradingForGrowth
gradingforgrowth.com/p/small-alte...
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
Mike Sharples: Towards social generative #AI for #education: theory, practices and ethics
doi.org/10.1080/2373...
doi.org/10.1080/2373...
Towards social generative AI for education: theory, practices and ethics
This opinion paper explores educational interactions involving humans and artificial intelligences not as sequences of prompts and responses, but as a social process of conversation and exploration...
doi.org
November 13, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Mike Sharples: Towards social generative #AI for #education: theory, practices and ethics
doi.org/10.1080/2373...
doi.org/10.1080/2373...
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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@southbaysharona.bsky.social going back and listening to the grading pod, which is excellent. Can you point me to any expanded writing you have on the 4 Pillars that you and Robert discuss? #ungrading #grading #highereducation #specsgrading
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 AM
@southbaysharona.bsky.social going back and listening to the grading pod, which is excellent. Can you point me to any expanded writing you have on the 4 Pillars that you and Robert discuss? #ungrading #grading #highereducation #specsgrading
What will the #PaulTyson mean for #Netflix and its future in sports streaming? Is this and the upcoming #NFL game a start of Netflix pushing its way into global sports media rights?
#SportsBiz #MediaRights #SportsRights
#SportsBiz #MediaRights #SportsRights
two men are posing for a picture and one of them has a tattoo on his face
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November 16, 2024 at 1:57 AM
What will the #PaulTyson mean for #Netflix and its future in sports streaming? Is this and the upcoming #NFL game a start of Netflix pushing its way into global sports media rights?
#SportsBiz #MediaRights #SportsRights
#SportsBiz #MediaRights #SportsRights
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
"The classroom is a place for students and teachers to ask hard questions of one another, working together to reimagine the project of education, in order to help students (and teachers) become full agents in that education and in the broader culture in which they live."
“Equity in education starts with small, human acts.” www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-fo...
Ungrading for Equity
Ungrading is an equitable practice because grades do harm. And marginalized students are the ones most harmed by grades. Finding ways to reduce that harm is imperative if equity or justice is our goal...
www.jessestommel.com
September 15, 2024 at 7:49 PM
"The classroom is a place for students and teachers to ask hard questions of one another, working together to reimagine the project of education, in order to help students (and teachers) become full agents in that education and in the broader culture in which they live."
Reposted by Marc C-Scott
If you want to explore #ungrading & alternative #assessment, join our virtual book club on @josheyler.bsky.social's new book Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It. Feb.-May 2025. Meetings via Zoom. Free to all! www.tinyurl.com/FailingOurFuture
#ungrading #grades
#ungrading #grades
November 16, 2024 at 1:27 AM
If you want to explore #ungrading & alternative #assessment, join our virtual book club on @josheyler.bsky.social's new book Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It. Feb.-May 2025. Meetings via Zoom. Free to all! www.tinyurl.com/FailingOurFuture
#ungrading #grades
#ungrading #grades