Digital FeedbackWhy? When? How?

Dina DobrouTESOL Greece BIG SIG Day

November 2015

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AimsOptions• Digital• Non-Digital

Appropriacy• Age• Level

Resources• Online• Tablet

When?

How?

Feedback – A definition

Helpful information or criticism that is given to someone to say what can be done to improve a performance, product, etc.

Mirriam-Webster Dictionary

Feedback

Actual

Reference

Comparison

Use

Feedback – A definition

Adapted from Ramaprasad (1983)

For feedback to exist, the information about the gap must be used to alter the gap.

If the information is not actually used in altering the gap, then there is no feedback.

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• Perception by the learner of a gap between a desired goal and his or her present state (of knowledge, understanding, and/or skill).

• Action taken by the learner to close that gap in order to attain the desired goal

(Ramaprasad, 1983; Sadler, 1989).

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Options:• Non-Digital• Digital

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Oral Work

Repeating Echoing

Statement & Question Expression

Hinting Reformulation/Recasting

Reformulation/Recasting

Recording mistakes

Involving students

Individual notes

Accuracy FluencyW

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n?

Adapted from Harmer (2007)

Resources• Online/Offline• Tablet

Appropriacy• Age• Level

Peer feedback has an extremely positive effect on group cohesion.

(Harmer 2007)

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Written Work

Correction Code

Selective Marking

During (respond) After (correct)

Strengths

Suggestions

Student Involvement

Whe

n?

Adapted from Harmer (2007)

Cognitive Evaluation Theory

Summative (grades)

Formative (comments

)

Adapted from Black & William (1998)

Resources• Online• Tablet

Appropriacy• Age/Level• Timing

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References• Black, P. and William, D. (1998). Assessment and Classroom Learning.

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 5(1), pp.7-74.• English.heacademy.ac.uk, (2015). Using Screen Capture Software in

Student Feedback. [online] Available at: http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/publications/casestudies/technology/camtasia.php [Accessed 13 Nov. 2015].

• Gifford, T. (2013). Feedback Loops and ELT. [online] ELTjam. Available at: http://eltjam.com/feedback-loops-and-elt/ [Accessed 13 Nov. 2015].

• Harmer, J. (2007). The practice of English language teaching. Harlow, England: Pearson Longman.

• Scrivener, J. (1994). Learning teaching. Oxford: Heinemann Publishers (Oxford) Ltd.

• Stannard, R. (2012). Talking feedback. [online] the Guardian. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/jan/10/esl-video-feedback [Accessed 14 Nov. 2015].,

• YouTube, (2015). Talking about video feedback. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkdwg_4KJSc [Accessed 13 Nov. 2015].

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