Providing aural feedback
Dr Sue Thorpe records feedback using Blackboard for MSc Psychology Students. Students have responded well to this with lots of positive comments. Read more in the case study.
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Category: Assessment and feedback
Inter-university competition – Greggs marketing challenge for postgraduate taught students
Find out about how Newcastle University Students took part in a competition to prepare a marketing and product development plan for local firm Greggs.
Escape rooms, quizzes and bite size videos
When teaching ophthalmology to MBBS students Dr Jeffry Hogg introduced a range of games and quizzes to help engage students with their learning.
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Providing audio feedback
Andrea Wilczynski from the School of Modern Languages records individual audio feedback for Stage 2 students studying German. Read more about the results here.
PeerWise: Creation of a programme wide student built database of practice exam questions for medical students
Dr Clare Guilding, Dean of Academic Affairs (Medicine) Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (Case Study from School of Medical Education, Newcastle Campus) Medical Sciences What did you do? Established courses the online quizzing platform PeerWise for medical students Who is involved? All stages of the MBBS (medicine) degree programme. How do you do it? Students always Read more about PeerWise: Creation of a programme wide student built database of practice exam questions for medical students[…]
A School-appointed ‘Coursework Czar’ reviews the setting of assessments
Dr Lindsay Marshall, Senior Lecturer Computing Science, Agriculture and Engineering What did you do? The School of Computing Science has appointed a “coursework czar” to act as an internal checker on the setting of all pieces of coursework. Who is involved? Dr. Lindsay Marshall serves as a “coursework czar” and reviews assessments as they are Read more about A School-appointed ‘Coursework Czar’ reviews the setting of assessments[…]
Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
Dr Kirsten MacLeod, Lecturer School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Introduced compulsory Peer Review for First Year students. Who is involved? Dr Stacy Gillis, Dr Ruth Connolly and Dr Kirsten MacLeod introduced a peer review component for first term survey modules. Seminar tutors divide all of Read more about Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics[…]
Peer assessment of lab reports to increase student self-regulation and development
Dr Glynn Atksinson describes the benefits of peer feedback for Stage 1 engineering students.
Politics guide to assessment and feedback
Dr David Walker, Politics Senior Tutor School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? We produced a booklet called ‘The Politics Guide to Assessment and Feedback’ for distribution to all undergraduate politics students. The Guide provides information about the different forms of assessment used in Politics, assessment criteria, the Read more about Politics guide to assessment and feedback[…]
Feedback Foghorn
Find out how ePortfolio is used in the School of Biomedical Sciences to allow students to view their feedback for all modules in one place.