seeking to improve nss scores in assessment and feedback utilising technological solutions #altc2012

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

http://www.testa.ac.uk

Nicole: http://youtu.be/GR9-uD_xWzA

“...of this approach seems to be that lecturers are engaged and energised to tackle problems and implement locally-owned strategies.”

http://fastech.ac.uk

Bex’s Personal Learning

Environment

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

E-Mail

Skype: India (& other!)

Google Docs

Project progress

http://www.slideshare.net/drbexl/fastech-technology-pedagogy

http://www.slideshare.net/fastechhttp://www.slideshare.net/drbexl

http://blog.fastech.ac.uk

App-Sharing

F2F meetings, including staff/student development sessions

Tech-Savvy…

FASTECH ‘Safe’ Student Space

https://twitter.com/fastech_uk

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.

www.fastech.ac.uk