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Quality Assessment for E-Learning: a Benchmarking Approach, Open Research Online, Williams, Keith; Kear, Karen and Rosewell, Jon (2012)

A guide for academics and researchers

Benchmark for the use of technology in modules Keith Smyth, Stephen Bruce, Julia Fotheringham and Christina Mainka 2011

Exploring new forms of teaching, learning and assessment, to guide educators and policy makers Mike Sharples, Patrick McAndrew, Martin Weller, Rebecca Ferguson, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Tony Hirst, Yishay Mo, Mark Gaved, Denise Whitelock

Paper on the use of Second Life for skills teaching in Law

Challenges and Realisations from the HEA / JISC Benchmarking and Pathfinder Programme: An end of programme review by the HEA, evaluation and dissemination support team, September 2008

The UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education 2011 HEA Academy

Inclusive Learning and Teaching Handbook

Flexible pedagogies: part-time learners and learning in higher education Michael McLinden, University of Birmingham September 2013

Ithaka S+R, Jisc, RLUK "In 2012, Ithaka S+R partnered with Jisc and Research Libraries UK (RLUK) to  survey academics in the UK higher education sector in order to learn about their  attitudes and practices related to research, teaching, and communicating.  In addition to the findings reported here, this project will provide a national  dataset that can be analyzed by discipline, institution type, and other  demographic characteristics, compared with findings from a parallel USbased project, and tracked for changes over time."

The aim of this project is to investigate the student experience and to explore the characteristics of audio feedback given to students. Our objectives were to gain a greater understanding of the issues surrounding the use of audio feedback in higher education and whether new technology might provide additional benefits and offer exemplars of best practice in audio feedback. Data were obtained via short questionnaires and individual interviews which allow

This study explores students' attitudes to the provision of formative feedback on academic work using audio files together with the ways in which students implement such feedback within their learning. Fifteen students received audio file feedback on written work and were subsequently interviewed regarding their utilisation of that feedback within their learning. The written work provided by twelve of the students was also conventionally marked and this feedback was quantitatively compared with the audio feedback comments following classification of individual comments. The students responded very positively to the audio file feedback judging it to be good quality because it was easier to understand, had more depth and was more personal. Most students annotated their work as they listened and stated that they would use the audio feedback to improve their work for other tutors. Pitfalls of this form of feedback included the large size of the audio files (up to 11Mb) being incompatible with some e-mail systems. Comment classification showed a greater emphasis on developmental aspects of learning within audio file feedback. Guidance is provided for tutors concerning the effective use of audio file feedback. As feedback is integral to all learning this project has wide applicability across the disciplines