Davidson has been a national leader in proposing, exploring, designing, and utilizing new forms of assessment, ranging from badging to contract grading to peer-to-peer assessments (gaining notoriety with a blog “How To Crowdsource Grading”).

http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/how-crowdsource-grading

Erica Hendry, “Duke Professor Uses ‘Crowdsourcing’ to Grade,” Wired Campus, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 30, 2009. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/duke-professor-uses-crowdsourcing-to-grade/7538