DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008
Framing Feedback for Formative Assessment
Denise Whitelock
The Open University, Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Issues: Matching tools to goals and moving to MoodlePicture courtesy Stuart Watt
DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008
Feedback: Don’t forget the human reaction
Picture courtesy Chris McKillop
DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008
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
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
DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008
The tool: an example question
DMW Formative Assessment, IOE, July 2008
Example of feedback from Open Comment system
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
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