9
DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008 Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment Denise Whitelock The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA [email protected]

Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

Presentation given to formative e-assessment project group at the Institute of Education, 3rd July 2008. Synopsis of projects at The Open University, UK.

Citation preview

Page 1: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment

Denise Whitelock

The Open University, Walton Hall,

Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

[email protected]

Page 2: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Issues: Matching tools to goals and moving to MoodlePicture courtesy Stuart Watt

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Page 3: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Feedback: Don’t forget the human reaction

Picture courtesy Chris McKillop

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Page 4: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Feedback and Learning: Long traditionin OU

• Computer Marked Assignments (CMAs, 1970s)

• S103 (1998)

• Multiple attempts with feedback with interactive tasks

• Maths for Science

• Online exam with feedback

• OpenMark (2000)

• Feedback at multiple levels with multiple attempts

• Anytime, anywhere use

• Moodle

• Re-engineering parts to introduce OpenMark features

• OpenMark reports scores to Moodle grade book

• Integrate OpenMark questions to be included in a Moodle quiz .... Tap into other assessment engines such as Stack in the future

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Page 5: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Computer Assisted Formative Assessment Project (CAFA)

• Collaborative Formative Assessment

• BuddyFinder and SIMLINK – see CAFA Report http://kn.open.ac.uk/document.cfm?docid=10798

• Short Technology Course T180

• Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice H812

• Open Comment

• Free text entry for History and Philosophy students, new question type Moodle http://kn.open.ac.uk/document.cfm?docid=10785

• Real need for appropriate tools for Arts Faculty

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Page 6: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

The tool: an example question

Page 7: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Example of feedback from Open Comment system

Page 8: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Manoeuvring with Moodle

• Currently formative only 125,000 to March 2008

• Diagnostic “Are you ready for Science?” 40,000 May to December 2007

• Feedback and multiple attempts

• 6/8 Faculties using e-assessment

• Health Science and Science Foundation courses, e-assessment for each course block

• Summative low stakes. Is this really formative?

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008

Page 9: Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment, Denise Whitelock

Where are we now?

• Opening up with Open Source

• Moving towards vision and not losing sight of it through tool adaptation

• More work to do for Arts

• Open Comment - pedagogical model open to test

• Feedback

• Changing pedagogy

• Another handle on misconceptions

DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008