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An Overview of the Current UK Institutional Use of Online Submission, Marking and Feedback

An Overview of the Current UK Institutional Use of Online Submission, Marking and Feedback. Dr Barbara Newland, Brighton Lindsay Martin, Edge Hill Alice Bird, Liverpool John Moores. Aim. To identify current practice with regard to eSubmission , eMarking and eFeedback in UK HE

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An Overview of the Current UK Institutional Use of Online Submission, Marking and Feedback

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  1. An Overview of the Current UK Institutional Use of Online Submission, Marking and Feedback Dr Barbara Newland, Brighton Lindsay Martin, Edge Hill Alice Bird, Liverpool John Moores

  2. Aim • To identify current practice with regard to eSubmission, eMarking and eFeedback in UK HE • To gain a snapshot of the strategic overview identifying key issues relating to assessment regulations and academic attitudes

  3. Definitions • The term eSubmission is used very widely to cover a range of activities so the following definitions were used:

  4. Heads of eLearning Forum (HeLF) • A network of senior staff in institutions engaged in promoting, supporting and developing technology enhanced learning • Over 125 nominated Heads from UK Higher Education institutions • A regular programme of well attended events • Represents the interests of its members to various national bodies and agencies including the Higher Education Academy and JISC www.helf.ac.uk

  5. Methodology • The survey was available to HeLF members who were asked to respond with regard to their knowledge of their own institution. • The survey was available in March 2012 and took about 10 minutes to complete • The questions were a mixture of closed multiple-choice and multiple selection as well as open response type • Participants were assured that all data collected in the survey would be held anonymously and securely • No personal data was asked for or retained unless the participant indicated a willingness to participate in the follow-up activity • The results are being analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods

  6. Results • 44 responses from HeLF members • 35% response rate

  7. Institution-wide policy

  8. Current practice

  9. Regulations for eSubmission

  10. Training for academics

  11. Does your institution recommend particular software?

  12. Marks automatically fed back from VLE to student record system?

  13. Who is driving eSubmission adoption?

  14. Academic staff attitudes

  15. Administrative staff attitudes

  16. Student attitudes

  17. Communications with staff and students Academic engagement with training Turnitin which is proving less than reliable... We do not currently have any policy in place therefore practice across the institution is varied Staff resistance to feeling institution coercing them into online marking Health and safety

  18. Challenges – building blocks

  19. Real impact/benefit observed within your institution • “Costreduction associated with centralised printing plus reduced administrative time spent sorting student submissions” • “Higher student satisfaction in assessment and feedback as measured through the NSS and internal student surveys.” • “There is also some preliminary evidence that students value electronic feedback, in both text and audio formats.” • “Positive experiences of the academics”

  20. Real impact/benefit observed within your institution • “Has worked well with Collaborative partners in different countries and students working on courses at a distance.” • “Research undertaken with students at the institution illustrate that students are more likely to engage with and make use of electronic forms of feedback.” • “Reduction in plagiarism in some schools” • “Nearly 700 assignments submitted during our closure time over Christmas”

  21. Conclusion • Large scale change of a complicated process and embedded practice - patchy to rolling out • Focus is more on efficiency than pedagogy • Heads of eLearning understand the benefits and challenges

  22. EAM SIG • Electronic Assessment Management (EAM) SIG • JISC mailing list • b.a.newland@brighton.ac.uk • www.slideshare.net/barbaranewland

  23. Policy, guidelines and/or training/support materials • http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/technology-enhanced-learning/technology-enhanced-learning/moodle/e-submission.aspx • http://www.bradford.ac.uk/elearning/e-SubmissionOptions/page_01.htm • https://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/staff/e-learning/tools/turnitin • http://turnitin.wetpaint.com/ • http://staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/plagiarism/esubmission.shtm • http://ltss.beds.ac.uk/breo_help/staff_help/sta_019.html • http://www.lancs.ac.uk/celt/celtweb/files/LUVLEStaffGuide0910.pdf starting on p 35 • http://hermes.uwl.ac.uk/vle_staff_support/index.asp?toolkitID=100&sectionID=120&topicID=First&pageNo=1 • http://www.gold.ac.uk/warden/smt-pw-students/ • www.derby.ac.uk/esubmission - staff sitewww.derby.ac.uk/esub - student site

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