ADVENTURES USING ADVENTURES USING TECHNOLOGY TO TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE FEEDBACK ENHANCE FEEDBACK & ASSESSMENT& ASSESSMENT

Dr Stephen GomezUniversity of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

Profile e-portfolio & accreditation of placement learning

Overcoming barriers to tradition

Accreditation of placement Accreditation of placement learninglearning

Drivers for accreditation Barriers to accreditation

High quality of learning [>L3].

Decreased uptake of placement opportunities.

Integration of the Sandwich year in the modular scheme.

Higher emphasis on work-based learning & employability.

‘Cannot be done’ because of diversity of experience.

Quality assurance issues.Mind-set of some

colleagues; organisational culture ‘never been done’.

Shift in distribution of credit in the programme.

Cost in time & money to administer.

Profile e-portfolioProfile e-portfolio

Individual student’s portfolio

Academic Tutor Work Supervisor

Placement details H&S form Learning agreement Task form

Communication & Communication & feedbackfeedback

‘Clickers’, instant feedback & continuous assessment

Engaging students inassessment & feedback

Continuous assessment & Continuous assessment & instant feedbackinstant feedback

Drivers for change Barriers to change

Brain Biology & Behaviour;

2 semesters; essay each semester + end of year exam;

Essay assignments:◦ Snap-shot of learning

◦ Similar content, tedious to mark

◦ Difficult to assess objectively

◦ Lengthy feedback time

Increased workload◦ Setting questions

◦ Marking answers

Student complianceStudent preference

for essays

Clickers & continuous Clickers & continuous assessmentassessment

Participant remote

Presenter remote

Receiver

laptop

10 end of lecture tests

10 end of lecture tests

Best 5 results

Best 5 results

Assignmentmark

50% modulemark

AdvantagesAdvantages Record students’ attendance Provide rapid feedback to students

Student can see class performance & their position

Opportunity for revision Student ‘active’ engagement Feedback to lecturer on his/her performance

Audio feedback

Getting your feedback across

Traditional essay Traditional essay feedbackfeedback

good

Improve here

What does this mean?

Its does not have an apostrophe

Audio feedbackAudio feedback

#3

#2

#1

Audio feedbackAudio feedback

Advantages of audio feedback Disadvantages

Oral feedback more natural than written

More personalMore information can

be givenEmphasis can be madeA record of feedback

can be keptMarking can be

completed fasterRelationship change;

more mentor/coach

Requires processing of files

Requires a computer or digital voice recorder

Listening to your recorded voice

Future challengesFuture challenges Increasing diversity of students. Next generation brought up on the

internet & computer games. Ever changing expectations of

students. Students don’t tell us what they

expect; continuous exploration The fun part of an adventure is in the:

Journey & exploration Dangers faced & to be overcome

This event is a ‘chapter’ in a shared adventure to find the holy grail of academia.

So happy hunting!