Hopwood Hall College: Touchscreen technology overtakes interactive whiteboards as interactive teaching tool of choice

Hopwood Hall is adopting the use of touch screen technology and gradually replacing its interactive whiteboards to improve access to interactive learning. The touch screen monitors connected to LCD TV’s provide a cheaper classroom build with technology that’s more user-friendly and better suited to classroom delivery. Until now, interactive boards had been the mainstay of classrooms but they created teaching barriers for staff including the additional software to learn and master. They are also expensive and often have usability issues with 'pens' not working or having a delay when used as the mouse tool.

A view of the Assessment and Feedback Landscape: baseline analysis of policy and practice from the JISC Assessment and Feedback programme

Assessment and feedback lies at the heart of the learning experience, and forms a significant part of both academic and administrative workload. It remains however the single biggest source of student dissatisfaction with the higher education experience. The JISC Assessment and Feedback programme (Sept 2011-Aug 2014) is supporting large-scale changes in assessment and feedback practice, supported by technology, with the aim of enhancing the learning and teaching process and delivering efficiencies and quality improvements. This report summarises baseline reviews undertaken by a number of institutions as part of their programme activity.

Feedback on HE in FE bids

An analysis of the bids submitted to the HE in FE programme call for proposals as part of Circular 4/06. The call was for projects to implement and pilot e-learning technologies within one or more HE course delivered in one or more FE college.

Case study: Developing screen casting as a tool for formative and summative feedback

Case study on Oldham College and Edge Hill University working in partnership on a project to use screencasts as a way of providing feedback to learners.

Case study: Encouraging use of mobile and interactive technologies in the iZone at Redbridge College

Case study on how learners at Redbridge College are using interactive technologies in the iZone to enhance their digital experience.

Case study: Using audio feedback to improve engagement and performance

Case study on how tutors at Kingston College are using a free screencasting app called Jing to provide responsive audio feedback to students on their progress and performance.

EMA podcast: the assessment and feedback lifecycle

Podcast involving audio responses from three universities discussing the assessment and feedback lifecycle.

Submission, marking and feedback process

A version of the electronic management of assessment (EMA) 'submission, marking and feedback process' map in Visio format. This format will only open in Microsoft Visio software.

Marking and feedback process

A version of the electronic management of assessment (EMA) 'marking and feedback' process map in Visio format. This format will only open in Microsoft Visio software

EMA podcast transcript: the assessment and feedback lifecycle

The text transcript for a Jisc podcast on the assessment and feedback lifecycle. One of a series on the topic of the electronic management of assessment (EMA).

Submission, marking and feedback process

The submission, marking and feedback process diagram - part of our guide on Electronic management of assessment (EMA) in higher education: processes and systems