Re-Engineering Assessment Practices in Scottish Higher Education
Strategic Management
The Caledonian Business School at GCU re-engineered the Strategic Management class to improve the usefulness, quality, consistency and timeliness of student feedback from a large teaching team so improve engagement and reflection. The re-engineering activities were also used by the module team as a mechanism to facilitate reflection amongst themselves on how they can improve assessment practices. The results of the completed redesign can be found by following the links listed below:
At a Glance
| Faculty: | Caledonian Business School |
| Class/Course: | Strategic Management |
| Students: | 700 |
| Technology: | Electronic feedback software (EFS) [EFS is freely available online from Phil Denton of Liverpool John Moores University] |
| Assessment Activities: | Improved tutor feedback to students supported by feedback form. |
| Efficiencies: | Despite early start-up costs and learning curve efficiency gains have been reported by the majority of tutors marking scripts and returning feedback to students . |
| Learning Gains: | There is evidence to suggest that electronic feedback software stimulated many ‘conversations’ about the assignment marks amongst students. 90% of students said they were happy with this mode of feedback on this module. "Emails gave you the privacy to access your feedback either at uni or at home. I liked it. It was clear and concise." Student comment |
Prelimnary Findings
- Phase I Case Study (August 2006)
Principles in Practice
- Principles in Practice (June 2007)
Staff Involved
- Susan Ogden [S.Ogden 'at' gcal.ac.uk]
- Alec Wersun [ A.Wersun 'at' gcal.ac.uk]