OLFM Workshop/Planning/Track 1

Facilitators

Kelly Warnock, Ken Munroe, John O'Brien

Guiding Questions

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

2. What kind of feedback do we want from students? (during & after the course)

3. What areas of feedback do you want to know more about? (open-ended to OLFMs so we can cater the session to them)

Topics

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

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

Images

7 Things to Remember About Feedback

What is Feedback?

4 Questions

Student Survey on Feedback

Feedback Cycle

How Can Feedback Be Improved?