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FORM 2852

Technologies of Self and Society · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

55BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024

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That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

17thMore challenging than 17% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

When asked, most of us will admit that we are overly-reliant on technology. Our daily activities and interactions are structured by the devices we use. Yet we often ignore the deep psychological, existential, and ethical implications of this oversaturation. Technology impacts not only how we learn, work, think, and feel, but also how we define responsibility, love, commitment, and political engagement. Technologies of Self and Society is an interdisciplinary exploration of questions at once perennial and pressing: Are our new technologies vastly different from the technological advances that have always defined humanity's tool-using nature, or have we lost touch with important aspects of ourselves in this instrumental and technical age? How do our tools turn around and use us? What is the impact of social media on human formation? What are its implications for democracy? How do the newest technologies challenge or alter our understanding of human personhood? Are AI tools well-described as intelligent? If so, what makes this intelligence artificial? What types of human judgment are we currently offloading to algorithms, and how does this compare to the ways we have always delegated judgment to experts, groups, and traditions? Through experiential learning opportunities and discussion of classic and contemporary texts (including literature and film), we will explore how technology mediates our relationships to ourselves, each other, and the world.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Philip LarreyPhilosophy Provisional	611 record	25th	17th

There is no ranking to read here: Philip Larrey is the only instructor with evaluation records for FORM 2852, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Philip Larrey

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHIL 5240Figures in Analytic Philosophy	12 records	83
PHIL 5440Philosophical Implications of Artificial Intelligence	11 record	77
PHIL 5442Faith and Reason	11 record	90

Other FORM classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
FORM 1050The Educational Conversation	1126 records	88
FORM 1051Reimagining School and Society	1023 records	88
FORM 4050The Art of Educational Inquiry	36 records	86
FORM 8800Colloquium in Formative Education	26 records	77
FORM 2050Transformative Teaching and Learning	24 records	97
FORM 6150Tech Tools for Playful Learning	14 records	93

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

762nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

815th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

762nd pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

792nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

723rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

722nd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

772nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

753rd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

768th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

764th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8417th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

754th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Philip Larrey	Spring 2024	01	61	55	40

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.