Joseph McCaleb

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

This professor has taught: EDCI246, EDCI698, EDCI788D, EDCI788Y

Grades

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.51 between 783 students*

Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 15.96%
A: 37.68%
A+: 21.58%
B-: 2.68%
B: 6.64%
B+: 5.11%
C-: 0.77%
C: 1.66%
C+: 1.53%
D-: 0.38%
D: 0.13%
D+: 0.13%
F: 1.4%
W: 3.7%
other: 0.64%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.
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Joseph McCaleb
EDCI246

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/22/2015 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Easy class; as long as you put in the work and make some degree of effort you will get an A. There's a good amount of work, but it is just busy work and it doesn't take too much time. He is very abstract and an easy grader. I didn't give him 5 stars because other than telling stories, this class is a complete snoozefest and a waste of time. He likes to ramble on about some cognitive theories and other bullshit. The stories, however, were entertaining, and while the digital media projects were tedious and a pain in the ass, they were fun to some extent. Overall, I did enjoy this class. (P.S. The readings aren't mandatory. The book is required for exams/journals, but I never did any of the required reading and I did fine.
Joseph McCaleb
EDCI246

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/07/2014 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.		Took EDCI246 back in Spring 2013. One of the best classes that I have taken so far (I'm a junior). Do the required work and you get an A. During lectures, he tells his student folk tale stories. And sometimes you draw pictures based on the stories. It's a really fun class that you should take before graduating. It's the best class I have taken. Professor McCaleb really cares about his students and is open for extensions on projects if you need them. There are three projects for the course that are a large part of your grade. They are pretty easy and fun because you make up your own story to tell. It really opens up a window for creativity. The midterm (one) and final are also very straight forward. The midterm was open book. The final for what I can remember was half open book. The written portion of the final was done at home which was given a week before the scheduled final. The final itself was at 8am which sucked. I got there at 9am. It was 8 multiple choice questions which took me 2 mins to complete. I don't believe in easy A classes maybe that's because I am a engineer. But if there was such thing as an easy A then this class would be considered one.