JAN 20

First Day of Class Information

• Introduction to the Course

• Welcome - personal introduction and welcome. (Some student introductions.)
• About the Course (Overview of course focus. Detail to follow.)
• Course Websites: SharePoint, Wiki & Courses.alfino.org

• Overview of Teaching Approach.

• 1. Student choice in work and grading scheme - Your "grading scheme" (the assignments you will be graded on) has both required and optional elements. You can customize up to 30% of your grading scheme to suite your learning style or motivations in the course.
• 2. Transparency grade information and student work - You will see most of the writing and scoring for required writing assignments. This will require the use of pseudonyms.
• 3. Opacity of grade information, peer comments, and student identity - Like blind review in academic life
• 4. Writing Enhanced - Students participate in reviewing and evaluating student writing. This also requires the use of pseudonyms. (Some student introductions.)

• Succeeding in the Course:

• Prep Cycle - view reading notes as you are reading, read, note, quiz, evaluate preparation. Hierarchy of skills and goals.
• Reading - Keep track of the time you spend reading for the course. Mark a physical text. Contact me if your reading quiz scores are not what you expect.
• Writing - Try to learn the rubric, read other students' writing and compare scores, discuss your writing with me, especially during office hours.
• Keep in mind course research questions Course Research Questions - MRFW Spring 2021 (Some student introductions.)

• Required Assignments and Default Grade Weights for your Grading Scheme

• 1. Points 45-75% default = 65%
• 2. Final Paper 25-40% default = 35%

• More About the Course (Orientation, Content, major research questions)

• 1st Day Survey of Views about Moral Responsiblity and Free Will - Please take this short survey any time today. It is completely anonymous. You will, of course, see results. I have also asked the Philosophy faculty to take the survey, so we may have some comparative data from them.
• Why we are discussing moral responsibility today (view course research questions).
• Major Units.

• Zoom

• Video on/off
• Synchronous attendance. Send excuses for absence prior to class, if possible.
• If you miss class, please try to view the recorded class within 24 hours.
• Try think of ways to personalize the virtual experience: examples from last semester - put up a pic for video off. Share something about where you are. Dogs, cats, music, etc.

• First Day TO DO list:

• make sure you can find the three course websites and that you understand what information and tools each provides.
• Browse the top links on the course wiki page
• Find reading for next class on wiki and pdfs from courses.alfino.org
• Buy Daniel Dennett, Freedom Evolves
• Keep an eye out for Moral Responsibility and Free Will News!
• Sign up for in person attendance. Feel free to sign up for three or four classes at a time. If that crowds others out we might need limit signups to each next class.