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听 听 February 2021 Edition

By Jitendra Jani (Head of Science) 听&补尘辫;听Aarti Devalia听(Head of Art)

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A solution to remote feedback

Using Mote, an extension from the chrome web store1, Aarti has begun to assess students work submitted through Google Classroom using 鈥楢udible AfL鈥. Inspired by a recent article in the Impact journal published by the Chartered College of Teaching (Fancourt et al. Spring 2020)2, she sought ways to assess students work to give feedback during a time where remote learning may be prevalent. Whilst 鈥榗ool-down periods鈥 and social distancing effecting our ability to provide support or guidance on pieces of learning that may take two or three reviews before finishing, Audible AfL provides a potential solution.

Aarti reached out to some contacts who are both teachers at Preston Manor and discovered that, like us at 麻豆国产AV, they have been using Google Classrooms. She was told about Mote which can be used to record comments on audio and can convert it to text. She pursued her belief that something like this would be great for her subject such that she can focus on meaningful 鈥榮teps to succeed鈥3 when assessing an assignment.

Last half term, after joining the Art Google Classroom, Year 7 students submitted pictures of their artwork as part of an assignment set by Aarti. After receiving their audio feed-forward, the stream in their Google Classroom was extremely active. It was as if engaging with the Mote created a real buzz. The students were asked about why they preferred this style of assessment, they said:

鈥淚t was approachable.鈥

鈥淒idn鈥檛 feel like I was reading a report.鈥

鈥淩eally helpful.鈥

Figure 1 – Using mote with KS3

When I asked Aarti about the impact on building positive relationships with the students she claimed that it relaxed but focussed them. They began finding funny, but relevant Art jokes and adding them onto the stream. Some became brave enough to share their thoughts and one students asked others for feedback on their artwork. Aarti said, 鈥淚t built a creative community online through familiarisation of a teacher鈥檚 voice. Students are more relaxed and forthcoming about the subject. The comments on the stream are not work related but more about building a positive relationship with both the teacher and the subject. Students share art related items on the stream which creates a buzz around the subject.鈥

She also reflected on the power of communication4:

  • 听7% is verbal
  • 听38% is through tone of voice
  • 听55% is via body language.

It is easy to forget how an email or a text message for adults can be misinterpreted when it is merely written. Aarti tried to provide me an example of a comment she made for a student where she tried to be reassuring, not negative. When she thought about how to write the comment she said, 鈥淭he use of your tone has not been explored to its highest potential.鈥 Then she tried to repeat it as if she was recording and said, 鈥The use of your tone鈥. hasn鈥檛 really been explained fully鈥 to its highest potential鈥.

Aarti didn鈥檛 realise that she added a few words in. She explained that she added pauses because she didn鈥檛 want the comment to demotivate. We then reflected together on how writing or typing feedback can often become just that 鈥 feedBACK! Aarti and I both admit that we have copied and pasted basic sentences and then tailored the feedback to make it more accurate but we do so in such a limited time. We almost aim to keep it clear, concise more than we do focus on it being useful as well as go through a process of comparative, not absolute judgement.5

By using Audible AfL, we focus more on feed-FORWARD and provide individualised, meaningful comments whilst simultaneously thinking about the tone of voice we are using to motivate the student.

Absolute judgement is hard; comparative judgement is much easier, but traditional essay marking works mainly on the absolute model (Laming, 2003).6

Figure 2 鈥 Creates a buzz around the subject

Aarti is now seeking to potentially move forward into researching how familiarity of voices can impact the way in which feed-forward is processed and acted on. She has performed a quick check to see if other groups of students would engage with this new add on. Her Year 10 class were left a message on their Google Classroom stream, 鈥淗i Year 10! Hope you had a nice weekend. Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!鈥 The class unanimously claimed to listen to the message and were excited that this would be their new feedback tool.

I have also been inspired by Aarti鈥檚 efforts to work further with Mote, and tried it to provide feedback for a Year 13 class following their written report of an assessed practical. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and I too took away the advantages of individualising the student, bringing them back into the frame of reference when carrying out AfL.

Figure 3 鈥 Using mote with Year 10 to familiarise with Audio AfL before using to give effective feedback

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2听Fancourt, A., Lewis, L. & Stephenson, B. (Spring 2020) Listen and respond: Evaluating the use of audio feedback. CCT Impact Issue 8
3听Budden B 鈥 (September 2017) Enabling student鈥檚 learning independence through assessment for learning. CCT
4Mehrabian, A. (1972) Nonverbal Communication. New Brunswick: Aldine Transaction.
5Christodoulou, D Assessing extended writing: Options and innovations https://impact.chartered.college/article/christodoulou-assessing-extended-writing-options-innovations/
6Laming, D. (2003) Human Judgment: The Eye of the Beholder. Andover: Cengage Learning EMEA.