OLFM Workshop/Planning/Track 1
Facilitators
Kelly Warnock, Ken Monroe, John O'Brien
Introduction
Learning Outcomes
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe various theories and applications of effective feedback
- Plan opportunities to give feedback on formative learning activities.
- Use a variety of tools to gather and provide feedback (surveys, rubrics, audio)
- Discuss feedback challenges and opportunities in your courses
Guiding Questions
1. What is effective feedback?
2. How do we give students feedback? (what kind, how often, what modality, etc.)
3. What tools are readily available to use for gathering and providing feedback?
4. How can meaningful communication encourage assignment submission?
Topics
Feedback in Formative & Summative Assessment
Theory: Principles of Effective Feedback
Issues and problems with assessment feedback
Descriptive Feedback
Motivating Students
Types of Assignments: Discussions, Blogs, etc.
Peer Feedback
Using Rubrics in Blackboard Learn
Audio Feedback
Communication Tools
Practice with Rubrics & Audio Feedback
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
