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Volume Two - Academic Conferences

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Mekala Soosay<br />

or even explaining the solution to students also indicates that they prefer feedback to be feed-forward<br />

or formative in nature. In other words, feedback offered sooner (75% of students agreed that<br />

feedback received was timely), encourages it to be applied for improvement of subsequent work.<br />

Table 2: Responses to question 2<br />

Feedback Types Percentage of students agreeing or<br />

strongly agreeing with the statement: I find<br />

the following types of feedback useful on<br />

my module.<br />

Percentage of tutors agreeing or strongly<br />

agreeing with the statement: I offer the<br />

following types of feedback on my<br />

module.<br />

(1-5).<br />

Summarisation of<br />

issues. 71% 90%<br />

Location of where<br />

the problem lies. 81% 100%<br />

Problem explicitly<br />

identified. 70% 70%<br />

Solution explicitly<br />

offered or<br />

identified. 70% 10%<br />

Problem<br />

sufficiently<br />

explained. 75% 60%<br />

Solution sufficiently<br />

explained. 75% 40%<br />

In general, both tutors and students favour individual verbal and written feedback based on the<br />

marking scheme, combined with other methods depending on the work and assessment set by tutors<br />

(Question 3, Table 3). A number of students commented positively on the nature by which written<br />

feedback was communicated to them, explaining that tutors put more care and effort into crafting and<br />

conveying useful feedback. This suggests the influence that both teaching presence and a high<br />

degree of interactivity have on student satisfaction of feedback, indicating that technology that affords<br />

dialogue can be used for more effective feedback provision. Many students also find the provision of<br />

model answers useful, only when combined with individual feedback.<br />

Table 3: Responses to Question 3<br />

(*Tutors were asked to leave blank the forms of feedback they did not use)<br />

Feedback Methods Percentage of students<br />

agreeing or strongly agreeing<br />

with the statement: I find the<br />

following methods of feedback<br />

useful.<br />

Percentage of tutors agreeing or strongly<br />

agreeing with the statement: I find the<br />

following forms of feedback support students<br />

in improving their understanding of the<br />

subject. (1-5).<br />

Individual written<br />

feedback. 85% 57%<br />

Individual verbal<br />

feedback. 81% 100%<br />

Generic feedback in<br />

taught sessions. 54% 50%<br />

Generic feedback posted<br />

to X-stream. 45% 40%<br />

Peer feedback (i.e.<br />

discussion posts) for<br />

groups/individual on Xstream.<br />

34% 67%<br />

Audio/Video feedback<br />

posted to X-stream. 34% 100%<br />

Feedback based on<br />

marking scheme – i.e.<br />

related to assessment<br />

criteria. 81% 100%<br />

Model answers provided<br />

to assessment questions. 65% 50%<br />

Marks only. 20% *0%<br />

<strong>Two</strong> out of three tutors using asynchronous discussions said that the technology afforded the<br />

development of students’ ability in constructing feedback, therefore reinforcing the ability in students<br />

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