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DESCRIPTION
This project is a collaboration between the School of Biosciences and the University's Learning, Teaching and Development Centre. The MAC project will use existing technologies at Westminster to improve the student experience in the School of Biosciences initially but it is hoped that the outcomes of the work will be readily transferable to other subject areas.TRANSCRIPT
e-Reflect (Making Assessment Count)Dr M. Clements, Dr M.J.P. Kerrigan, Dr A. Bond, Ms Y. Nedelcheva & Ms F. Oradini,
Prof G. SaundersUniversity of Westminster, London, UK. W1W 6UW.
email: [email protected]
The Story BehindThe Story BehindPrevious work undertaken within the School of Life Sciences had indicated dissatisfaction from students regardingthe extent and level of feedback they receive. In contrast, the view of academic staff is that students receive plentyof feedback but do not use it. The aim of this project is therefore to help students make effective use of theassessment feedback they receive and to help them to identify a strategy to improve their future performance.
The Heart of the Project
A major component of the project is the e-Reflectprocess. This process uses the SOS model of feedbackwhereby students receive Subject, Operational andStrategic feedback for each piece of coursework.Students complete a piece of coursework (1) that isgraded and feedback written on the script (2).Following reading the subject feedback, studentscomplete an online reflective questionnaire about theiroperational performance (3). This generates anautomated report which is emailed to the studentsproviding them with operational feedback andsuggestions for future work (4). To complete theprocess students are required to complete an onlinereflective learning journal which is shared with, andcommented on, by their personal tutor (5 & 6).
Solving the Puzzle
Although the e-Reflect process is at the heart of theproject, we recognise that the heart cannot be completewithout knowing more about all the stakeholdersinvolved. Central to this is to understand why staff feelthat students only read their marks and pay little or noattention to the feedback they receive. Similarly weneed to find out how students use their feedback inrelation to developing a coherent learning andimprovement strategy.
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