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Automated Student Feedback SystemDate: June, 2008 - February, 2009 Proposed By: Janey Briers and Richard Holdich Staff Contacts: Caroline Lowery, Nicola Wilkinson |
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This project aims to create an electronic student feedback system. Students often make the same common mistakes during laboratory work, reports and dissertations. The current paper based feedback system used by the Chemical Engineering department means that students receive comments on their mistakes after the completion of academic marking when the complete set of student submissions is handed back to the students.
The proposed system will enable students to receive a more detailed feedback than the traditional paper based system. A database of common student errors will be created that will not only define the errors but will additionally provide examples of correct, acceptable responses with rationales for these correct responses. Academics will be able to continuously add details about errors, correct examples and rationales to the database system within defined categories to ensure that the feedback system is kept up-to-date.
The database will then be accessed during marking allowing an academic to select the most appropriate feedback, examples and rationale for each student. This will mean that students can receive more detailed feedback promptly through email and/or through paper based mechanisms. Feedback to students will be consistent and detailed, enabling the student to gain a fuller understanding of their mistakes with the ability to view examples of more appropriate submission responses.
Additionally, the system will allow academics to provide prompt feedback to students during drafts stages of dissertation submissions, which will mean that a student can benefit from formative feedback during their work. The system will be utilised by the entire Chemical Engineering department from Part A to Part D students including those students on industrial placements. The system will be generic enough to be transferred to other departments where each department can additionally add subject specific student feedback appropriate for their department.
The proposed system will enable students to receive a more detailed feedback than the traditional paper based system. A database of common student errors will be created that will not only define the errors but will additionally provide examples of correct, acceptable responses with rationales for these correct responses. Academics will be able to continuously add details about errors, correct examples and rationales to the database system within defined categories to ensure that the feedback system is kept up-to-date.
The database will then be accessed during marking allowing an academic to select the most appropriate feedback, examples and rationale for each student. This will mean that students can receive more detailed feedback promptly through email and/or through paper based mechanisms. Feedback to students will be consistent and detailed, enabling the student to gain a fuller understanding of their mistakes with the ability to view examples of more appropriate submission responses.
Additionally, the system will allow academics to provide prompt feedback to students during drafts stages of dissertation submissions, which will mean that a student can benefit from formative feedback during their work. The system will be utilised by the entire Chemical Engineering department from Part A to Part D students including those students on industrial placements. The system will be generic enough to be transferred to other departments where each department can additionally add subject specific student feedback appropriate for their department.
Latest Update - December 2010
Progress: 70%
The feedback system has been produced and some feedback data ha been added. The system will be trialled using module(s) from the Chemical Engineering department during semester 2 (2010-11).
