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Student Change Agents championing good feedback on assessment

Submitted by: Colin Bryson (colin.bryson@ncl.ac.uk)
Combined Honours Centre,

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What did you do?

Using students as Change Agents to champion good feedback

Who is involved?

Head of Combined Studies and 3 selected students

How do you do it?

Three students were recruited to the role. They spent time gathering evidence of feedback practice from their peers to identify the main concerns. Concerns identified were:- - examination feedback - lack of feedback - quality of feedback

Why do you do it?

To involve students and empower them to enhance their own experience of assessment and feedback and to encourage and influence institutional change in this area.

Does it work?

It was not easy for the students to followup their work and directly influence institutional processes, however they have probably had an indirect influence through other university initiatives and projects. It is clear that a sizeable proportion of students are now looking for feedforward before submitting assessments, for transparency in assessment processes and for implicit assumptions and expectations about assessment and feedback to be made explicit.

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Student Change Agents championing good feedback on assessment

Coherent Curriculum themes

Assessment and Feedback, Student Engagement

Students\' Stage

Undergraduate (all Stages)

Academic unit

Combined Honours Centre

Learning technologies

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Type of interaction

Up to 25 students in a group

Main trigger for your practice

Innovation Fund/other central funds

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