This was in class, not at work, however I feel it suits the spirit of the query.
I used to be enrolled in 1-year Masters program in 2020-2021 with a cohort of others (principally we have been all in the identical courses on the identical time). Certainly one of our courses was enterprise legislation. That yr, this system had a brand new instructor, a lawyer whose retirement job was giving lectures on the college. He wasn’t new to educating on the college, simply new to this program, and his prior courses has been primarily freshmen and sophomores taking Intro to Enterprise Legislation. It’s additionally noteworthy that this was a preferred program for individuals coming again to varsity after working for some time, so I’d put the common age someplace round 24 or 25.
Within the explicit program we have been at, there was a giant emphasis on synthesis and understanding over memorization. Most of our assignments have been group papers, shows, or initiatives – design X marketing strategy, analyze Y monetary statements, and many others. Class exams have been usually open be aware and alongside the traces of “contemplating X rubric, analyze this example”. So you possibly can think about our shock and gentle dismay when the professor introduced that he can be having pop quizzes, closed be aware exams, and would require very invasive monitoring software program on our computer systems. His reasoning? “I care extra about you memorizing the essential ideas” and “I’ve discovered previously individuals will steal my exams and add them to the fraternity/sorority take a look at banks, so I need to be sure you can’t steal them”.
This didn’t go over effectively. Nevertheless a bunch of us figured we should always try to push again, so we stayed on the decision after class that first day to speak to him about it. We made the purpose {that a}) one of many said objectives of this system we have been in was to maneuver previous memorize-and-regurgitate and b) the software program he needed us to put in was far more invasive that he was suggesting, and none of us have been placing that on our private computer systems, thanks.
To his credit score, he was very receptive to our issues and admitted that he was largely acquainted with educating a lot youthful teams. After that decision he moved to the identical open be aware, much less memorization and extra evaluation examination model, and didn’t require invasive software program. He was additionally a improbable instructor in all different respects, and I nonetheless respect him for being prepared to say “OK, I feel I’m within the incorrect right here. I’ve by no means performed it this manner however I’m prepared to offer it a shot”.