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Making Connections: How Students
Use Feedback to Inform Future
Learning
Dr. Ian Glover, Stuart Hepplestone & Helen J. Parkin
Sheffield Hallam University, UK1
About this paper and background to the study
• Present findings of a research study to identify
technology interventions that might help
students make connections between the
feedback that they receive and their future
learning
Background
• ‘Understanding student learning from feedback’:
• found that students understood what feedback is and how it should be used,
but ...
• ... they struggled to make connections between feedback received and future
assignments
• highlighted the need for further investigation into how tutors construct the
feedback and how students deconstruct that feedback
2
Objectives of the study
1. To understand the intended purpose and meaning of feedback given by tutors
2. To investigate student understanding, intended use and actual use of feedback
received by students
3. To identify any disparities between the intended meaning of feedback and the
actual understanding of feedback
4. To explore the connections that students are able to make between the
feedback that they receive and future assignments
5. To identify any technological interventions that might help students to make
connections between the feedback that they receive and future assignments
3
Methodology
• Worked with 10 tutors and 20 students:
• Tutor participants - interviewed using a semi-structured approach designed to explore
the assessment and feedback approach and feedback given to a Level 5 cohort of
students
• Student participants - recruited from the modules of participating tutors and
interviewed using a semi-structured approach to explore the assignment journey and
feedback provided by the tutor participant
• Data analysed during a two-day workshop attended by four
members of QESS
4
Findings
Course design
Assignment submission
Marking and feedback
generation
Issuing feedback
Future use of feedback
Staff
perspective
Assignment
creation
Assignment
submission
Receiving
feedback
Storing
feedback
Using
feedback
Student
perspective
The Student Perspective
• Varied preferences for ‘where’ they work
• Need to be able to access the resources that will enable them to complete
assignments to the best of their ability
• Few referred back to feedback after an initial read through
• More likely to refer to feedback where they could see clear links between two
assignments, but struggled to identify connections beyond surface level aspects
6
Assignment
creation
The process of writing an assignment was investigated: how and where students prefer to work,
resources students referred to, students’ use of previous feedback, how technology is used
The Student Perspective
• When work is submitted hard copy and in person, some felt assured that their
work had been received. Others felt more secure submitting work online, but
want to receive receipts for their submissions
• Ease and convenience of online submission widely appreciated though an
element of mistrust from some due to concerns about technical issues affecting
submission
• Especially as online deadlines were usually set later than hard copy hand-ins (e.g. Midnight vs.
4 p.m.)
• Students valued early feedback on drafts
7
Assignment
submission
• Received feedback in a variety of formats and mediums; preferences naturally
varied
• Particularly value feedback that is directly linked to assessment criteria
• Appreciate the convenience and ease of access of feedback issued online, as
well as the opportunity to read their feedback in privacy
• Some preferred hard copy feedback, but reasons relate to aspects that could be
achieved electronically (e.g. preference for annotated scripts)
• Some received their grades online and their feedback hard copy. Students were
less likely to engage with their feedback if there was a separation of grades and
feedback, especially when grades were published first
8
The Student PerspectiveReceiving
Feedback
• Valued feedback and would never disregard it
• Some have devised logical storage systems for feedback, describing a clear need
for feedback to be ‘in one place’
• More likely to refer to feedback at the point of writing their next assignment if it
was accessible to them
• Claimed to ‘recall’ feedback but found it difficult to articulate these processes
9
The Student PerspectiveStoring
Feedback
• More likely to refer back to feedback when completing assignments that were
clearly similar in format
• Some actively looked for patterns in the feedback that they receive and made a
conscious effort to improve
• Feedback on aspects such as structure, layout and referencing were seen as
transferable
• Less able to see connections between content-specific feedback and future
assignments
10
The Student PerspectiveUsing
Feedback
• All staff were aware of the assessments that students would take in the module
but were less confident about the assessment diet across the course
• Concerns were raised that the three-week turnaround on feedback could affect
the quality of feedback given to students
• Some concerns that the new assessment task limit was restricting the
opportunity for early feedback
11
The Staff PerspectiveCourse design
• The method of assignment submission was determined by the module leader's
marking preferences
• Some instances of dual submission, once through Turnitin and then a hard copy
submitted to their assignment hand-in point
• An acknowledgement that there are some benefits to students by allowing
online submission
12
The Staff PerspectiveAssignment
Submission
• Staff used a variety of techniques for marking assignments (including
handwritten or electronic marginal comments, cover sheets and marking grids)
• Many commented on marking being a time-consuming process and employed
techniques to try and mark efficiently (including comment banks)
• Some felt strongly against marking onscreen and were frustrated by the
inefficiency of existing technology available to support online marking
• Some have developed their own mechanisms to mark assignments more
efficiently outside of Blackboard
13
The Staff PerspectiveMarking & Feedback
Generation
• Method of marking assignments determined the method of returning feedback
• Expect hard copy feedback to be collected from the assessment hand-in point
• Concerns that when students were expected to collect feedback they do not
always do so, particularly when grades have already been released online
• The administrative burden of issuing feedback online was no more
cumbersome than the amount of work involved in returning hard copy feedback
• Aware that students experienced frustration when feedback was not delivered
at the expected time
14
The Staff PerspectiveIssuing
Feedback
• Despite staff offering formal and informal opportunities to discuss feedback,
and students being aware of these opportunities, they often did not take up the
opportunity for dialogue
• Staff hoped that students would apply feedback in future assignments,
modules and future careers
• Although staff hope to see an improvement in student work from one level to
the next, they did not specifically look for application of feedback
15
The Staff PerspectiveFuture Use of
Feedback
Key Recommendations
Our challenge is to achieve consistency from the student perspective whilst embracing the
variety if practice from the staff perspective
1. Course design
• Staff should have an awareness of all assessments that students are likely to
take as this will enable them to consider how their feedback might feed into
other modules and make this explicit to students (e.g. City University London’s
Law Programme Overview Browser)
• An online ‘assessment map’ at course level would be a useful tool (e.g. University of
Greenwich’s Map My Programme)
16
Key Recommendations
2. Assignment creation
• Ensure resources are ‘accessible’ to students
• Assessment briefs and criteria should be available online alongside other assessment
information such as grades and feedback
• A ‘central location’ should be created for all assessments and feedback that will
enable students to identify links between assessments
17
Key Recommendations
3. Assignment submission
• All assignment deadlines should be set within normal working hours
• Make online submission the norm, as it:
• makes better use of student time and reduces money spent on resources such as
paper and printing
• streamlines the process from an administrative perspective
• Recognise that online submission does not necessarily mean online marking,
but gives the opportunity to choose how staff want to mark (e.g. University of
Derby’s ‘Print to Mark’ service)
18
Key Recommendations
4. Marking and feedback generation
• Development of an end-to-end online marking experience for staff could
facilitate ease and efficiency of marking online, with the end-point being the
issuing of feedback in a single place (see University of Hudderfield’s evaluation
project, EBEAM). This tool could accommodate offline marking and staff who
have developed their own solutions to marking electronically
19
Key Recommendations
5. Issuing and receiving feedback
• Advertise ‘feedback dates’ as this makes clear to students when they can expect
to receive feedback and so reduces their anxieties
• Grades and feedback should be issued together (same time and medium)
• Students value feedback that is aligned to assessment criteria (e.g. Blackboard
Rubrics). Students also value ‘in context’ feedback, but this must reinforce
criteria-based feedback
20
Key Recommendations
6. Storing feedback
• Students like to store their feedback in one place and are more likely to refer to
feedback if it is stored alongside the rest of their learning materials
• The development of an online assessment and feedback store would enable students to
collate all feedback from all modules in a single place and promote informed dialogue
between tutors and students (e.g. University of Dundee’s InterACT project)
• Use personal development portfolios to encourage students to reflect on their
feedback and formalise the (often) subconscious processes used to ‘recall’
feedback
21
Key Recommendations
7. Using feedback
• Students struggle to identify connections between assessments on each of their
modules. A clear ‘map’ of all assessments will enable students to identify
potential connections (e.g. University of Greenwich’s Map My Programme)
• Encourage students to make use of opportunities to discuss their feedback. This
will encourage students to use feedback in future assignments
22
Subsequent Developments at SHU
• Assessment Journey Programme:
– investigate and deliver the changes needed to provide a seamless and
improved assessment experience for students and staff, as well as
improving the operational effectiveness of assessment delivery:
• Assessment Design and Delivery
• Online Management of Assessment
– will support the University Strategy and delivery of an excellent
educational experience:
• clear guidance around assessment design, marking and feedback
• course view of assessments and feedback
• online submission and electronic feedback
• single mark entry
– Learn more at 13:40 today in the Mandela Room, Guild of Students
Building
23
Lifecycle adapted from, and attributed to,
Manchester Metropolitan University
http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/assessment/
Any questions?
Contact:
Dr. Ian Glover - i.glover@shu.ac.uk
Stuart Hepplestone - s.j.hepplestone@shu.ac.uk
Helen J. Parkin - h.j.parkin@shu.ac.uk
Blog: http://blogs.shu.ac.uk/shutel
24

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Making Connections - Students' Use of Past Feedback

  • 1. Making Connections: How Students Use Feedback to Inform Future Learning Dr. Ian Glover, Stuart Hepplestone & Helen J. Parkin Sheffield Hallam University, UK1
  • 2. About this paper and background to the study • Present findings of a research study to identify technology interventions that might help students make connections between the feedback that they receive and their future learning Background • ‘Understanding student learning from feedback’: • found that students understood what feedback is and how it should be used, but ... • ... they struggled to make connections between feedback received and future assignments • highlighted the need for further investigation into how tutors construct the feedback and how students deconstruct that feedback 2
  • 3. Objectives of the study 1. To understand the intended purpose and meaning of feedback given by tutors 2. To investigate student understanding, intended use and actual use of feedback received by students 3. To identify any disparities between the intended meaning of feedback and the actual understanding of feedback 4. To explore the connections that students are able to make between the feedback that they receive and future assignments 5. To identify any technological interventions that might help students to make connections between the feedback that they receive and future assignments 3
  • 4. Methodology • Worked with 10 tutors and 20 students: • Tutor participants - interviewed using a semi-structured approach designed to explore the assessment and feedback approach and feedback given to a Level 5 cohort of students • Student participants - recruited from the modules of participating tutors and interviewed using a semi-structured approach to explore the assignment journey and feedback provided by the tutor participant • Data analysed during a two-day workshop attended by four members of QESS 4
  • 5. Findings Course design Assignment submission Marking and feedback generation Issuing feedback Future use of feedback Staff perspective Assignment creation Assignment submission Receiving feedback Storing feedback Using feedback Student perspective
  • 6. The Student Perspective • Varied preferences for ‘where’ they work • Need to be able to access the resources that will enable them to complete assignments to the best of their ability • Few referred back to feedback after an initial read through • More likely to refer to feedback where they could see clear links between two assignments, but struggled to identify connections beyond surface level aspects 6 Assignment creation The process of writing an assignment was investigated: how and where students prefer to work, resources students referred to, students’ use of previous feedback, how technology is used
  • 7. The Student Perspective • When work is submitted hard copy and in person, some felt assured that their work had been received. Others felt more secure submitting work online, but want to receive receipts for their submissions • Ease and convenience of online submission widely appreciated though an element of mistrust from some due to concerns about technical issues affecting submission • Especially as online deadlines were usually set later than hard copy hand-ins (e.g. Midnight vs. 4 p.m.) • Students valued early feedback on drafts 7 Assignment submission
  • 8. • Received feedback in a variety of formats and mediums; preferences naturally varied • Particularly value feedback that is directly linked to assessment criteria • Appreciate the convenience and ease of access of feedback issued online, as well as the opportunity to read their feedback in privacy • Some preferred hard copy feedback, but reasons relate to aspects that could be achieved electronically (e.g. preference for annotated scripts) • Some received their grades online and their feedback hard copy. Students were less likely to engage with their feedback if there was a separation of grades and feedback, especially when grades were published first 8 The Student PerspectiveReceiving Feedback
  • 9. • Valued feedback and would never disregard it • Some have devised logical storage systems for feedback, describing a clear need for feedback to be ‘in one place’ • More likely to refer to feedback at the point of writing their next assignment if it was accessible to them • Claimed to ‘recall’ feedback but found it difficult to articulate these processes 9 The Student PerspectiveStoring Feedback
  • 10. • More likely to refer back to feedback when completing assignments that were clearly similar in format • Some actively looked for patterns in the feedback that they receive and made a conscious effort to improve • Feedback on aspects such as structure, layout and referencing were seen as transferable • Less able to see connections between content-specific feedback and future assignments 10 The Student PerspectiveUsing Feedback
  • 11. • All staff were aware of the assessments that students would take in the module but were less confident about the assessment diet across the course • Concerns were raised that the three-week turnaround on feedback could affect the quality of feedback given to students • Some concerns that the new assessment task limit was restricting the opportunity for early feedback 11 The Staff PerspectiveCourse design
  • 12. • The method of assignment submission was determined by the module leader's marking preferences • Some instances of dual submission, once through Turnitin and then a hard copy submitted to their assignment hand-in point • An acknowledgement that there are some benefits to students by allowing online submission 12 The Staff PerspectiveAssignment Submission
  • 13. • Staff used a variety of techniques for marking assignments (including handwritten or electronic marginal comments, cover sheets and marking grids) • Many commented on marking being a time-consuming process and employed techniques to try and mark efficiently (including comment banks) • Some felt strongly against marking onscreen and were frustrated by the inefficiency of existing technology available to support online marking • Some have developed their own mechanisms to mark assignments more efficiently outside of Blackboard 13 The Staff PerspectiveMarking & Feedback Generation
  • 14. • Method of marking assignments determined the method of returning feedback • Expect hard copy feedback to be collected from the assessment hand-in point • Concerns that when students were expected to collect feedback they do not always do so, particularly when grades have already been released online • The administrative burden of issuing feedback online was no more cumbersome than the amount of work involved in returning hard copy feedback • Aware that students experienced frustration when feedback was not delivered at the expected time 14 The Staff PerspectiveIssuing Feedback
  • 15. • Despite staff offering formal and informal opportunities to discuss feedback, and students being aware of these opportunities, they often did not take up the opportunity for dialogue • Staff hoped that students would apply feedback in future assignments, modules and future careers • Although staff hope to see an improvement in student work from one level to the next, they did not specifically look for application of feedback 15 The Staff PerspectiveFuture Use of Feedback
  • 16. Key Recommendations Our challenge is to achieve consistency from the student perspective whilst embracing the variety if practice from the staff perspective 1. Course design • Staff should have an awareness of all assessments that students are likely to take as this will enable them to consider how their feedback might feed into other modules and make this explicit to students (e.g. City University London’s Law Programme Overview Browser) • An online ‘assessment map’ at course level would be a useful tool (e.g. University of Greenwich’s Map My Programme) 16
  • 17. Key Recommendations 2. Assignment creation • Ensure resources are ‘accessible’ to students • Assessment briefs and criteria should be available online alongside other assessment information such as grades and feedback • A ‘central location’ should be created for all assessments and feedback that will enable students to identify links between assessments 17
  • 18. Key Recommendations 3. Assignment submission • All assignment deadlines should be set within normal working hours • Make online submission the norm, as it: • makes better use of student time and reduces money spent on resources such as paper and printing • streamlines the process from an administrative perspective • Recognise that online submission does not necessarily mean online marking, but gives the opportunity to choose how staff want to mark (e.g. University of Derby’s ‘Print to Mark’ service) 18
  • 19. Key Recommendations 4. Marking and feedback generation • Development of an end-to-end online marking experience for staff could facilitate ease and efficiency of marking online, with the end-point being the issuing of feedback in a single place (see University of Hudderfield’s evaluation project, EBEAM). This tool could accommodate offline marking and staff who have developed their own solutions to marking electronically 19
  • 20. Key Recommendations 5. Issuing and receiving feedback • Advertise ‘feedback dates’ as this makes clear to students when they can expect to receive feedback and so reduces their anxieties • Grades and feedback should be issued together (same time and medium) • Students value feedback that is aligned to assessment criteria (e.g. Blackboard Rubrics). Students also value ‘in context’ feedback, but this must reinforce criteria-based feedback 20
  • 21. Key Recommendations 6. Storing feedback • Students like to store their feedback in one place and are more likely to refer to feedback if it is stored alongside the rest of their learning materials • The development of an online assessment and feedback store would enable students to collate all feedback from all modules in a single place and promote informed dialogue between tutors and students (e.g. University of Dundee’s InterACT project) • Use personal development portfolios to encourage students to reflect on their feedback and formalise the (often) subconscious processes used to ‘recall’ feedback 21
  • 22. Key Recommendations 7. Using feedback • Students struggle to identify connections between assessments on each of their modules. A clear ‘map’ of all assessments will enable students to identify potential connections (e.g. University of Greenwich’s Map My Programme) • Encourage students to make use of opportunities to discuss their feedback. This will encourage students to use feedback in future assignments 22
  • 23. Subsequent Developments at SHU • Assessment Journey Programme: – investigate and deliver the changes needed to provide a seamless and improved assessment experience for students and staff, as well as improving the operational effectiveness of assessment delivery: • Assessment Design and Delivery • Online Management of Assessment – will support the University Strategy and delivery of an excellent educational experience: • clear guidance around assessment design, marking and feedback • course view of assessments and feedback • online submission and electronic feedback • single mark entry – Learn more at 13:40 today in the Mandela Room, Guild of Students Building 23 Lifecycle adapted from, and attributed to, Manchester Metropolitan University http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/assessment/
  • 24. Any questions? Contact: Dr. Ian Glover - i.glover@shu.ac.uk Stuart Hepplestone - s.j.hepplestone@shu.ac.uk Helen J. Parkin - h.j.parkin@shu.ac.uk Blog: http://blogs.shu.ac.uk/shutel 24