Template: Formative feedback for online students

Teaching Online Module 3, Session 2: Formative assessment feedback for online students Use this template to guide you through various considerations for providing formative feedback to your online students. Download and save this template for your own reference. Why is formative assessment significant? What formative feedback strategies will you use for your course? Description:

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How will the formative feedback process be explained to your students? When will this information be given to them? What format(s) will this information be provided in? Description:

How will the links between formative feedback and course/module learning aims and outcomes be explained to your students? When will this be explained? What format(s) will this information be provided in? Description:

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Peer feedback has already been explored in Module 2. How important is peer feedback as part of the providing formative feedback? What do you think students will gain from this practice/experience? Description:

What strategy or strategies will you use in providing formative feedback for group work and/or collaborative projects? How will this be communicated to students? Will you provide examples of this to your students and if so, how? Description:

How will you ensure that your online students have understood the main points in your formative assessment and can applying them to future scenarios and/or improve their current understanding? Description:

This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource for University College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course is funded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 University College Falmouth

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How will you provide feedback when there is clear evidence of unequal participation In group work or collaborative projects? How will you address this issue? Description:

How will you manage your time when providing formative feedback or assessing the peer feedback process? Description:

How will ensure there will be no inherent unfairness for students less familiar with computer use than others? Description:

This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource for University College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course is funded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 University College Falmouth

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If students are free to chose their own format in response to a project/assignment brief (e.g. for an essay question: submit drafts of a 2000 word essay or provide an alternative multimedia equivalent, how will you provide formative assessment across a number of different media approaches (video, mind map, images, storyboard, etc)? How will you determine what is equivalent? How will you communicate this to your students? Description:

This resource was created by University College Falmouth and released as an open educational resource for University College Falmouth for the Learn to Teach Online course. The free Learn to Teach Online course is funded by University College Falmouth's Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme. 2012 University College Falmouth

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