seeking to improve nss scores in assessment and feedback utilising technological solutions #altc2012
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http://altc2012.alt.ac.uk/talks/28095TRANSCRIPT
Seeking to improve NSS Scores in Assessment and
Feedback utilising Technological Solutions
Dr Bex Lewis(formerly) University of Winchester
with input from Dr Tansy Jessop, Yaz El-Hakim, Nicole McNab & Camille Shepherd, University of
Winchester and Joelle Adams, Bath Spa University
@drbexl@digitalfprint@fastech_uk@TELWinch#altc2012
http://thestudentsurvey.com
Entering it’s eighth year…
“Universities, students’ unions or colleges also use results internally to facilitate best practice and enhance the student learning experience.”
http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2009/07/web-usability-2001-2002/
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/nss/nss_assessment_and_feedback_issues.pdf (2008)
Boud & Falchikov, 2008
… assessment is not sufficiently equipping students to learn in situations in which teachers and examinations are not present to focus their attention. As a result, we are failing to prepare them for the rest of their lives.
p3
“...of this approach seems to be that lecturers are engaged and energised to tackle problems and implement locally-owned strategies.”
http://diyubook.com/
Technology upsets the traditional hierarchies and categories of education. It can put the learner at the center of the educational process. Increasingly this means students will decide what they want to learn, when, where, and with whom; and they will learn by doing.
p.x
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/assessmentandfeedback/fastech.aspx
quantity of effort across the course
quality and quantity of feedback
usefulness of feedback and appropriate assessment
http://www.fastech.ac.uk/index.php/resources/resource-box/case-studies
BODGIT
Bringing
Organisational
Development
Into
IT
http://www.slideshare.net/drbexl/winchester-bodgit-andy-wilson
Personalise feedback
Return feedback faster
More detailed feedback
Highlight specific areas
Peer feedback
Tutor-student dialogue
Student collaboration
Improve student effort
Distribute student effort
Encourage deep learning
Student self-reflection
Clarify goals and standards
More authentic assessment
Motivate students
Skype: India (& other!)
Google Docs
Project progress
http://www.slideshare.net/drbexl/fastech-technology-pedagogy
http://www.slideshare.net/fastechhttp://www.slideshare.net/drbexl
App-Sharing
F2F meetings, including staff/student development sessions
Tech-Savvy…
FASTECH ‘Safe’ Student Space
It makes sense…
Simple, but effective!
Digital feedback Track changes and commenting Marking using video and audio
screencasts
E-portfolios
Electronic submission of assessed work
Various peer review and commenting tools
Social networking – collaborative working
Blogs
YouTube
Various features on smartphone, iPad and tablet apps
Wikis
Any change involving new technologies
….will not be a single great act, but an accumulation of lots of events, activities and discussions over a period of time.
Fee, K. Delivering E-Learning (2009) Delivering E-Learning: A complete strategy for design, application and assessment London: Kogan Page, p 40.
