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July 2008

July 13, 2008

In some circumstances

July 13, 2008

The hypothesis being tested by Sounds Good is:• Digital audio can be used to save assessors time AND give students better feedback.Most of the data is in now, so do we have a verdict? Cautiously, yes. It’s hedged around with ‘health warnings’ and the detail may change, but this is the picture at present.On the Sounds Good project ...

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July 14, 2008

What’s it like?

July 14, 2008

I’ve been looking at the comments sent in by the Sounds Good team about their experience of using audio for feedback. I haven’t got all the information yet, but the picture is fairly clear. What do they think of it?The staff team are, on balance, strongly in favour of audio feedback; most have clearly said that they intend ...

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July 24, 2008

What do students think?

July 24, 2008

Students taking part in Sounds Good were overwhelmingly positive about receiving audio feedback on their coursework. They frequently remarked approvingly about its personal nature and the detail provided, saying it showed that the lecturer had carefully considered their work. There was particular approval if the feedback was received quickly. Some students appreciated the advantage of replaying the feedback. ...

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What do students think?

July 24, 2008

Students taking part in Sounds Good were overwhelmingly positive about receiving audio feedback on their coursework. They frequently remarked approvingly about its personal nature and the detail provided, saying it showed that the lecturer had carefully considered their work. There was particular approval if the feedback was received quickly. Some students appreciated the advantage of replaying the feedback. ...

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Technical considerations

July 24, 2008

Can you help?The Sounds Good project has been about lecturers using digital audio to give students feedback on their coursework. Right from the beginning, one of my concerns has been to make things as simple, quick and convenient as possible for everyone – staff and students. Any obstacle is likely to put some people off, I reckon. So ...

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How do you get students to come to a focus group?

July 24, 2008

Focus groups are popular with researchers. Everyone is holding them! Personally, having been in a few myself, I’ve got reservations – mainly about what can happen when the group contains a dominant, highly-opinionated and apparently knowledgeable individual. Yet I could see a potential benefit of a student focus group on Sounds Good: a way of getting beyond the ...

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July 27, 2008

Keeping a reflective blog

July 27, 2008

Why do we keep a Sounds Good blog? Because we have to, that’s the simple answer. For projects in JISC’s Users and Innovation (U&I) programme, maintaining a ‘reflective blog’ is part of the deal. Would Sounds Good do it if it weren’t expected? I’m not sure.The U&I programme manager hasn’t been prescriptive about project blogs, thank goodness. So ...

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