I’ve found students to be very insightful when it comes to understanding and assessing their own learning and very forgiving of my “mistakes.” Just about 100% of what I now do in the classroom has been “authorized” by student feedback, not given through end-of-semester evaluations, but collaborative discussion.
Ask students if something worked, and they will tell you.
The best part of moving the professorial pedestal out of the room is that all of us get to be a little less fearful, and little more brave.
