Abstract
In many large research intensive universities in the UK the ability to provide a personalised university learning experience for their students is providing a serious challenge. Based on the National Student Survey (NSS) data, the absence of focused personalised feedback is often a concern of students. Here we describe how we use the combination of modern technologies encompassing a Tablet PC and screencasting to provide a personalised feedback to our students on submitted coursework and tutorial example classes. The fundamentals and practicalities of this approach, in particular with regard to the physical sciences, are described and data from student attitudinal and informational surveys are presented.
Highlights
Effective feedback is an essential part of the learning process allowing students to assess their comprehension and grasp of a particular topic and providing expert constructive advice on how to improve their performance[1]
The effectiveness of feedback in UK higher education has been questioned in recent years due to the low scores achieved by questions relating to feedback in the National Student Survey (NSS)
The Tablet PC used by the author is a convertible Tablet where the screen can be rotated to convert from a normal laptop to a flat screen for writing purposes
Summary
Effective feedback is an essential part of the learning process allowing students to assess their comprehension and grasp of a particular topic and providing expert constructive advice on how to improve their performance[1]. Feedback needs to satisfy the following four criteria: it should be (a) timely, (b) meaningful, (c) constructive and (d) personal. The effectiveness of feedback in UK higher education has been questioned in recent years due to the low scores achieved by questions relating to feedback in the National Student Survey (NSS). Of the twenty one questions raised in the main questionnaire, feedback-related questions regularly achieve the lowest score. It is of interest to point out what specific questions concerning feedback are asked. Questions 7,8 and 9 relate to feedback and are given below: 7. Questions 7,8 and 9 relate to feedback and are given below: 7. Feedback on my work has been prompt
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