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.

MIRACLE Project Plan

Social scientists have used agent-based models (ABMs) to explore the interaction and feedbacks among social agents and their environments. The bottom-up structure of ABMs enables simulation and investigation of complex systems and their emergent behaviour with a high level of detail; however the stochastic nature and potential combinations of parameters of such models create large non-linear multidimensional “big data,” which are difficult to analyze using traditional statistical methods. Our proposed project seeks to address this challenge by developing algorithms and web-based analysis and visualization tools that provide automated means of discovering complex relationships among variables. The tools will enable modellers to easily manage, analyze, visualize, and compare their output data, and will provide stakeholders, policy makers and the general public with intuitive web interfaces to explore, interact with and provide feedback on otherwise difficult-to-understand models.

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: 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