Abstract
Research demonstrates that students generally find digitally recorded assessment feedback comments to be more satisfying than text-based feedback comments. However, positive perceptions of digitally recorded feedback may be impacted by the confidence and experience of the educator who is providing the comments. As such, this paper reports on an exploratory study in which we compare students’ perceptions of the text-based and digitally recorded feedback created by five tutors in the same subject. Survey data were collected from 81 students, of which 58 received text-based and 23 received digitally recorded feedback comments. Students who received digitally recorded feedback comments provided consistently higher ratings for feedback clarity, usefulness, and satisfaction than students who received text-based feedback comments. It is proposed that the media enables these effects, but the structure of the feedback design is also important.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2019 |
Subtitle of host publication | Diverse Learning. Diverse Goals. One Heart |
Editors | Sharleen Chew Yi Wei, Chan Kah Mun, Alfieana Alphonso |
Place of Publication | Singapore Singapore |
Publisher | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) |
Pages | 264-271 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2019 - Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore Duration: 2 Dec 2019 → 5 Dec 2019 Conference number: 36th https://2019conference.ascilite.org/ https://ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ASCILITE-2019-Proceedings.pdf (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | ASCILITE 2019 |
Country/Territory | Singapore |
City | Singapore |
Period | 2/12/19 → 5/12/19 |
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Keywords
- Assessment feedback
- Digitally recorded feedback
- Higher education
- Text-based feedback