student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching

Student Feedback & LeadershipIn Semester 2, the feedback forum size was reduced, in some cases toa limit of 50 students, but mostly to around 60 to 80 students in an attemptto enhance student interaction and satisfy the level of individual attentiondesired by students.ECON1020 – Prices and MarketsFirst Semester 2008:Based on student feedback in relation to course content, two key topicswere redeveloped. However, the main focus was on rewriting PracticeTest 2, giving a broader coverage of the material and providing more detailedcomments on the answers. Some modifications were also made to the lecturedemonstration lecture material. Comments on common errors made on thetest papers (for each of Test 1 and Test 2) were placed in a separate folderentitled “Test Feedback” rather than in the general Test folders. This wasto make the feedback more visible to students to encourage them to readthe information.In addition, to increase the opportunities for student/staff interaction andfeedback, the size of the demonstration lectures was reduced from 120students to a maximum of 80 students and the lecture group of 600 wassplit into two groups of 300 – although, as the second lecture group followeddirectly after the first, there was some migration from the 3.30pm groupto the 1.30pm group, as that was the preferred time.Outline the stages of action taken and how it was reflected in the actionresearch cycle process ( Plan, Act, Observe, Reflect)This is detailed in the Project Description in sections 3 and 4.How have students been involved in the project?This is also detailed in the Project Description. In brief, students providedthe feedback that was the basis for the development of the various coursedevelopment initiatives. Existing feedback in the form of CES results, SESresults and SSCC meeting minutes was analysed and specific feedbackwas generated for this project through student focus groups.Given that the initiatives were developed to address student feedback,students obviously had the opportunity to experience the various coursedevelopments and to provide feedback which was then used to informthe future direction.Page 100