tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post1724748959417528410..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: On That Accomodation Thing Up At York Ubigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-13953872214951047242014-01-12T16:37:32.435-05:002014-01-12T16:37:32.435-05:00LL,
The showing up to write an exam someplace rul...LL,<br /><br />The showing up to write an exam someplace rule applies to my own experience. I am assuming that it is universal, and so wouldn't be at issue here. Student X wasn't trying to get out of exam.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-10685480870036085292014-01-12T14:31:21.493-05:002014-01-12T14:31:21.493-05:00To clarify - all online classes to my knowledge in...To clarify - all online classes to my knowledge include an obligation to write the exam in person, and if you are not from the province, or travelling poses a difficulty, arrangements can be made so that the exam can be written closer to your home.Loraine Lamontagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512459284158685617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-88217840674791524012014-01-12T14:04:21.586-05:002014-01-12T14:04:21.586-05:00If there was no mention of a one-time in-person se...If there was no mention of a one-time in-person session, then I will have to agree with you. That said, having followed a number of these online courses, I have never come across an online class that did not include a one-time attendance. I am grateful for the link you provide but Ms. Benton did not clarify that there was no group assignment component. So I will have to sign this skepticalLoraine Lamontagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512459284158685617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-24335237654495565132014-01-11T18:10:20.937-05:002014-01-11T18:10:20.937-05:00If the course was advertised as an "online pr...If the course was advertised as an "online program" and the group assignment was not included in the posted course outline, the group assignment is simply not required to achieve the credit. If it is, the university's Quality Management System has failed. <br /><br />I don't even have to touch the "religion" aspect of this. <br /><br />If student X had stated that he needed an exemption because of a judicial probation order which prohibited him being within 30 meters of any female under the age of majority I'd make book that the professor would not have hesitated to accommodate that request. <br /><br />So, as harebell points out, since another student had been granted an exemption, regardless of the reason, this is easily read as discrimination. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-23425532511393515762014-01-11T01:39:29.244-05:002014-01-11T01:39:29.244-05:00I like your take on this.
My partner is a prof an...I like your take on this.<br /><br />My partner is a prof and she came to a similar resolution.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I've been waiting for conservatives to build this story into their "the Muslims are taking over!!1" eschatology.Terrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770025296239122283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-57035060960169128852014-01-10T19:58:36.864-05:002014-01-10T19:58:36.864-05:00I've seen plenty of online courses that have g...I've seen plenty of online courses that have group collaboration projects. (as much as I loathe the those assignments)<br /><br />The bits I've seen on this story don't suggest that "accommodation for others" is an issue.MgShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-57952372097285810872014-01-10T16:59:01.209-05:002014-01-10T16:59:01.209-05:00I'm with BCL on this
An alternative assignment...I'm with BCL on this<br />An alternative assignment for those unable to attend exists and carries the same weight. As some people had been allowed to do this alternative assignment because they couldn't attend then the Instructor should have assigned that assignment to this student.<br />His attempts to force someone to do something when accommodation was available for others smacks of discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-46644386122173428652014-01-10T14:44:38.472-05:002014-01-10T14:44:38.472-05:00It was apparently advertised as an on-line course,...It was apparently advertised as an on-line course, no "group assignment component".bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-48571340052873924862014-01-10T13:51:06.607-05:002014-01-10T13:51:06.607-05:00Okay ... it was an online course with a group assi...Okay ... it was an online course with a group assignment component. <br /><br />Why on earth should a student be exempted from the group assignment because of their "religious convictions"? <br /><br />Accommodation is provided when the demand is reasonable. How is it reasonable that the student demand that they be exempted from interacting with other students because of their gender? <br /><br />Frankly, the demand is as insane as some of the religious home-schooling curriculums out there that deny science based on "religious objections".<br />MgShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.com