Exploratory evaluation of audio email technology in formative assessment feedback

dc.creator	Alex Spiers
dc.creator	George Macgregor
dc.creator	Chris Taylor
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:17:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:17:04Z
dc.identifier	10.3402/rlt.v19i1.17119
dc.identifier	2156-7069
dc.identifier	2156-7077
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c41055b3ac3b47f7ab3d785a85166b30
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18856
dc.description	Formative assessment generates feedback on students' performance, thereby accelerating and improving student learning. Anecdotal evidence gathered by a number of evaluations has hypothesised that audio feedback may be capable of enhancing student learning more than other approaches. In this paper we report on the preliminary findings of a quasi-experimental study employing qualitative techniques for triangulation, conducted to evaluate the efficacy of formative audio feedback on student learning. We focus on the delivery of ‘voice emails' to undergraduate students (n = 24) and evaluate the efficacy of such feedback in formative assessment and ergo students' learning, as well as achieving a better understanding of students' feedback behaviour post-delivery. The results indicate that audio feedback better conforms to existing models of ‘quality' formative feedback, can enhance the student learning experience and can be more efficient in feedback delivery. Despite this, and high levels of feedback re-use by student participants, the audio treatment group underperformed in learning tasks when compared with the control group. Differences between the groups were not statistically significant and analyses of individual and mean learning gains across the treatment group provide little indication of improvements in learning.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/17119
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Research in Learning Technology, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	audio feedback
dc.subject	audio technology
dc.subject	formative assessment
dc.subject	voice email
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Exploratory evaluation of audio email technology in formative assessment feedback
dc.type	article