Session 27: Video feedback: student perspectives

Abstract

Session overview:

This presentation will report on the key findings from a small case study conducted on a foundation year academic study skills module where a mix of written, audio and video feedback was provided for a portfolio of tasks relating to sourcing literature, reading, synthesisng and paraphrasing information, and Harvard referencing etc. Students were also given autonomy to select their preferred feedback method for each task after an example of each type had been first provided. Feedback can have a powerful influence on student learning and development (Hattie and Timperley, 2007). Given that video feedback has received significantly less scholarly attention than audio and written feedback (Matthews et al, 2019) and the new video feedback feature in Speedgrader, we were keen to understand student and staff perspectives of this type of feedback method, especially in conjunction with more traditional feedback formats such as written and audio feedback as well as preferences relating to modality of feedback. For this presentation, we report on student views of video feedback particularly, how they engaged with feedback and reflections on their own preferences. These were collected through a qualitative questionnaire sent to students towards the end of the module. While Video feedback can take a range of formats including: ‘screencast’, ‘talking head’ or ‘combination screencast’ (Matthews et al, 2019), combination screencast feedback was utilized in this study as the recording included a video of the marker with a screencast of the marker’s computer screen as they annotated the student’s work.

Key learning points from this session:

The presentation will provide an overview of students' perspectives on video feedback, how they engaged with feedback and their reflections on having autonomy in relation to the type of feedback (audio, video or written) they received. It will also provide a brief overview of how to carry out video feedback.

Video feedback: student perspectives PowerPoint. Only LJMU staff and students have access to this resource.