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Giving timely and helpful feedback on coursework

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Event type: Workshop

Organiser: Philteam

Location:

Country: Aaland Islands

Details:

Primary audience: PG tutors, teaching staff who mark student work

The National Student Survey shows that the most significant area of student dissatisfaction is with the feedback they get on coursework. Furthermore, research shows that improving the timeliness and quality of feedback is the single most effective way of improving results. However, academics are experiencing increasing time pressures on the marking of assignments.

The workshop covers:

• The importance of feedback.
• Making feedback as helpful as possible.
• Techniques for speeding up the marking process.