Providing feedback to online students: A new approach
Author(s)
Poyatos Matas, Cristina Florencia
Allan, Cameron
Year published
2005
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Feedback is the most important feature of assessment as it provides students with a statement of their learning and advice about how to improve. In the on-line environment, the provision of eff ective assignment feedback is particularly important because online students generally receive far less informal feedback from teachers than students in face-to-face classes. However, the provision of extensive formal written feedback to on-line students can be a very time consuming for teachers. Th is paper examines a pilot study to provide group feedback to on-line students that reduces teacher workload while improving the quality ...
View more >Feedback is the most important feature of assessment as it provides students with a statement of their learning and advice about how to improve. In the on-line environment, the provision of eff ective assignment feedback is particularly important because online students generally receive far less informal feedback from teachers than students in face-to-face classes. However, the provision of extensive formal written feedback to on-line students can be a very time consuming for teachers. Th is paper examines a pilot study to provide group feedback to on-line students that reduces teacher workload while improving the quality of feedback to students.
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View more >Feedback is the most important feature of assessment as it provides students with a statement of their learning and advice about how to improve. In the on-line environment, the provision of eff ective assignment feedback is particularly important because online students generally receive far less informal feedback from teachers than students in face-to-face classes. However, the provision of extensive formal written feedback to on-line students can be a very time consuming for teachers. Th is paper examines a pilot study to provide group feedback to on-line students that reduces teacher workload while improving the quality of feedback to students.
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Conference Title
Higher Education in a changing world: research and development in higher education