Fedback for Learning

Month: November 2017

  • Current feedback practices – findings from large scale survey

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    The following provides a first glance at a selection of the Phase 1 survey data. Due to the extensive nature of the data, not all survey items are reported here. Therefore, these data are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather, to present selected initial findings that offer insight into current practices and possible future…

  • Universities are failing their students through poor feedback practices

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    Feedback for Learning project lead Michael Henderson discusses some of our findings in The Conversation. Educators and students often struggle to learn from each other through the use of feedback. Our research into feedback practices has found that students and staff find feedback practices largely unsustainable, de-motivating and without opportunity for improvement. Read the whole…

  • Feedback for Learning Webinar – Thursday 30 November, 2017 

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    Assessment feedback regularly receives low course satisfaction ratings in student surveys, with students reporting that comments from educators can be ambiguous, confusing, and returned too late to be useful. However, data also suggest that there are pockets of excellence in feedback practice across Australian higher education. What are these teaching teams doing that is so…