Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Technology-supported Feedback - WebCT

The following examples describe the practices of using WebCT to give feedback to students.

Example 1:
Description: Use WebCT to give collective feedback on the test performance

What teacher does (and when) –
• Gives student feedback after the test/exam on the WebCT;
• Posts a summary on the WebCT about test/exam performance

What students do (and when) –
• log on the WebCT to see the feedback given by the teacher on the past exam papers

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Example 2:

Description: Use WebCT to provide FAQs for students

What teacher does (and when) –
• Keeps record about what has been discussed with the previous students and organize the information into FAQs

What students do (and when) –
• Review the FAQs to solve students' questions  before asking the teacher

Teacher’s comments
• The teacher commented that only a few students would use WebCT;
• The teacher said many of students were not active in raising questions in WebCT, but he knew they looked at the information provided in the WebCT

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