OLFM Workshop/Planning/Track 1

Facilitators
Kelly Warnock, Ken Munroe, John O'Brien

Guiding Questions
1.	What is effective feedback?

2.     How do we give students feedback? (what kind, how often, what modality, etc.)

Key Terms:

 * Learning activities
 * Assessment
 * Formative
 * Summative
 * Rubrics
 * Just-in-time Teaching

Key Research

 * 12 Principles of Good Assessment & Feedback
 * Feedback Notes for Staff
 * Reshaping feedback and assessment
 * Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Higher Education
 * Effective Assessment in a Digital Age
 * ASKe: Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange
 * New ways of giving feedback
 * ASKe video resources
 * Making peer feedback work in three easy steps!
 * Adopting a social constructivist approach to assessment in three easy steps!
 * The Power of Feedback
 * Scoping a vision for formative e-assessment
 * Facilitating productive use of feedback in higher education
 * Making Sense of Assessment Feedback in Higher Education
 * Simple changes to homework improved student learning

Communication Strategies

 * Initial Course Feedback (Introductions/welcome letter, Navigating the Course)
 * Preparing for Assignments
 * Discussions
 * Formative Feedback

Feedback on Assignments

 * Essay/Journal
 * Presentations
 * Tests/Quizzes

Blackboard Features

 * Rubrics
 * Student Data (categories of student interactions/submissions)
 * Survey/poll
 * Audio feedback

Activities

 * Discuss effective strategies
 * Problem-Solving / Case Studies
 * Evaluating Rubrics
 * Presentation (on key issues/research)
 * Teaching and Learning Portal
 * The portal is where participants will collaborate and record their learning during the workshop.

Images
7 Things to Remember About Feedback

What is Feedback?

4 Questions

Student Survey on Feedback

Feedback Cycle

How Can Feedback Be Improved?