Presentation by Dr Rod Cullen (MMU) at the University of Nottingham MELSIG event (20/01/15) "For several years I have been using screencasts to provide feedback on formative work on learning design that has a strong visual component. This has been overwhelmingly well received by my students primarily because they find this audio visual format engaging and understandable. I wondered if this might work in reverse and allow my students to explain their thinking and reflect upon their learning designs when they share them with me. I have been pleasantly surprised at how well this can work."

1. Moving on from tutor provided screencast
feedback to students producing formative
reflective screencasts of their own
Dr W. Rod Cullen
Centre for Learning and Teaching
Manchester Metropolitan University
email: r.cullen@mmu.ac.uk

2. Enhancing Learning Teaching and Assessment
with Technology (ELTAT)
Online
Preparation
In Class
Session 1
Online
follow-up
activity
Online
Preparation
In Class
Session 2
Online
follow-up
activity
Week 1 Week 2
Feedback Feedback

3. Screen capture feedback
Task: Learning, Teaching and assessment matrix + 100 word reflection on key
issues picked up

4. Screen capture feedback
This is a link to a video of excepts from screen capture feedback provided to a
participant on a learning teaching and assessment matrix they have constructed
for a formative task during the unit.
http://mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/KP_Feedback_Example/1_k4qwdhqe
Thanks to Kerry Patton for giving permission to share extracts from her feedback.

5. Participant experience
Preferred to written
feedback
Personal and Engaging
Understandable
Annotations important
(at least for this kind of task)
High attendance
(95%+)
High submission
rate for formative
tasks (85%+)

6. Observations on written reflections
Descriptive
“I currently set a weekly in-class paper-based quiz”
Hard to orientate
“I have added a weekly
formative quiz. You can see
that it is set in class (3rd row
column 2) but taken online (3rd
Row column 4, 2nd
activity)”
Superficial
“I plan to add a
weekly formative
quiz”
Same problems I had with providing feedback

7. Participant screen captures
Initial Matrix
MS Word
Doc
Annotated
MS Word
Doc + Video
Screencast
Screencast
explaining
and
reflecting on
revised
matrix
Audio
recorded
feedback
Hands-on
screencast
training
Week 2 Week 6 Week 7
Participant
Task
Tutor
Feedback
Experience
of and
reflections
on MMU
learning
technologies
Week 3-5
Various
feedback
techniques
(e.g. Written,
audio)

8. Participant screen capture
This is a link to a video of extracts from a particpants
screen capture reflecting upon their revision of a learning
teaching and assessment matrix
http://mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/KP_Revised+Task_Sub/1_a68mweki
Thanks to Kerry Patton for giving permission to share her work and reflections.

9. Observations on screen cast reflections
Deeply reflective
DevelopmentalHighly detailed
Easy to relate to matrix
tool
Conversational
“builds dialogue and a relationship”

10. Observations on screen cast reflections
Deeply reflective
DevelopmentalHighly detailed
Easy to relate to matrix
tool
Conversational
“builds dialogue and a relationship”