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Meaningful Feedback – May '23

Feedback is among the most criticised aspects of the student learning experience. What can be done to ensure feedback matters?

965 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    2 weeks
  • Weekly study

    8 hours

Meaningful Feedback

Feedback culture needs to change if we really want to make feedback work. The starting point for planning effective feedback practice is at the design stage of assessment. To develop our students’ assessment literacy, we need to have specific and sustainable activities in place that will accommodate and engage the growing numbers of students in higher education.

What topics will you cover?

  • Changing the feedback culture
  • Feedback as integral to assessment design
  • Profiling your feedback practice
  • Engaging students with feedback
  • Sustainable feedback

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of your own feedback practices in terms of impact on learning
  • Explore the approaches in feedback practices that may enhance student engagement with feedback
  • Explain your feedback approach that will engage students, is feeding forward, yet of a sustainable nature

Who is the course for?

Colleagues at Coventry University and CU Group who teach and/or support student learning in Higher Education.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992
  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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