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Hi!  I’m Suzy Atfield-Cutts. We’ve been using video as feedback in Computing on the Programming unit for a few years now and it’s now my research area.  We were using myBU, but this year we have made the transition to Brightspace. I have made a video tutorial on how we use it. I would love… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Video Feedback: lessons from Computing!

This post was previously published on the CEL blog in 2017. There is much to take from this, so we thought it was worth posting again! Enjoy!   Source: “Surface Learning’: The Patchwork Text as a Remedy for the Academic Essay” (A slightly amended version of an article published in The Guardian, Education Section, Tuesday… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Patchwork text as remedy for the academic essay

Dr. Andy Callaway from the Faculty of Management, Department of Sport & Physical Activity, has created a video on the system he has created to provide formative feedback to students using technology. If you have any questions about how to do what Andy does, or need any support in creating something similar, please contact him… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Formative Feedback and TEL

In last week’s blog we introduced the context for change and the principles underpinning the changes to assessment policy, to be introduced in September 2019. This blog contains more detail about how the changes may affect staff and students and the timescales for units to be reviewed and updated. The changes apply to all undergraduate… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Principles of Assessment Design (6c) – the essentials

This post was previously published in the Summer of 2016, but there is some useful information here that YOU might find applicable to your own teaching strategy. Dr Susan Way and her team completed a project supported by the CEL Fusion Investment Fund in 2016. The aim of the project was to evaluate the experience of… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Peer Facilitated Learning

Changes are coming to assessment and feedback in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. Programmes will undertake a major re-write of assessments in 2018-2019; there will be extraordinary Faculty Academic Standard Committees (FASCS) across both campuses to bring all units in line with the new assessment and feedback policy, Principles in Assessment and Design: 6C, which states that… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Generic Assessment Criteria

The principles and drivers for change. The Assessment and Feedback dimension of the National Student Survey (NSS) is low scoring across the sector, and is an area BU aims to improve.  The data collected by the Students Union at BU through the SimOn survey indicates that assessment and feedback are priority concerns of students.  In… Read more » about Summer of 6C: Principles of Assessment Design (6c) Policy and Procedure