2. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 Roger Emery Accalia Atkinson The Good, the Bad, the Ugly. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly. A Word In Your Ear - 2009 Group Assessment Feedback…

3. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 Hello! Solent’s Experience Methodology Aims Objectives Group Feedback Paper Good Bad Ugly Roger Emery Learning Systems Developer Accalia Atkinson Lecturer in Law

4. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Good… Case Study 2 Built Environment Programme Level 2 Higher National Group Project Formative and Summative Individual Feedback on Group Work

5. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Good… Case Study 2 STAFF “you are giving far more detailed feedback than you could possibly do with written!...the quality of the feedback is impressive!” Phil Brown on the group project: Tutor Concerns University Acceptance External Examiners STUDENTS “excellent means of saying what needs to be said. Written remarks can be misinterpreted – orals can not” “as there was 9 minutes of feedback it was much more helpful than the usual few sentences we receive” “great quality feedback, has certainly given me something to think about” Student preference  63% audio  9% written  28% no preference.

6. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Good… Case Study 4 HND Law Level 2 Alternative Dispute Resolution Group Presentation Summative Group Feedback on Group Work Example of conversation:

7. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Good… Case Study 4 STAFF Saved time “quality of feedback had definitely improved… it allowed for greater depth and clarity” ACCALIA QUOTES??? Benefitted from being able to listen to the first and second marker STUDENTS “I feel that the two lecturers recording together helped incorporate both opinions to provide better overall guidance and feedback” “Much easier to understand than written feedback, which is often hard to read. This is much clearer, giving the lecturers an opportunity to provide a detailed evaluation of our work” Alex: Rich:

8. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Bad… Case Study 3 BAFPT Level 3 Personal Training for Special Conditions Formative Client Interviews STUDENTS Distracting Background Noise” STAFF Groups too large More training required Other uses

9. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Ugly Secure Delivery To Individuals To Groups

10. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 The Ugly

11. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 Conclusion Can be effective in the right group environment Modes of delivery are secure Students engagement measured by discussion for a Students liked it! Reasonably straightforward process provided support given Can be time saving over time (and with practice) Accepted by external examiners Adopted across a variety of disciplines

12. Group Assessment Feedback: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly December 09 Thank You Roger Emery Learning Technology Unit Roger.Emery@solent.ac.uk Accalia Atkinson Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise Accalia.Atkinson@solent.ac.uk http://tinyurl.com/o2zjss