Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study

This paper aims to examine students’ reactions to formative (i.e. face to face, audio, wiki and live, email) feedback. This approach is used to improve students’ communication and critical-thinking skills and to encourage independent learning. This paper provides empirical evidence from 327 students...

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Main Authors: Issa, Tomayess, Issa, Theodora, Kommers, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Common Ground Publishing 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29935
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description This paper aims to examine students’ reactions to formative (i.e. face to face, audio, wiki and live, email) feedback. This approach is used to improve students’ communication and critical-thinking skills and to encourage independent learning. This paper provides empirical evidence from 327 students in three postgraduate units (‘IS’, ‘TI’, ‘ITS’), and two undergraduate units (‘BT2’, and ‘BT25’). The practical evidence is based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from two sources: informal and formal. The outcomes indicated that students’ levels of satisfaction had increased, and student started to learn from their own mistakes to improve the next submission, and their independent learning skills were enhanced in terms of writing, research, using endnote software, teamwork, collaboration and interaction, and oral presentation. Finally, a new model “Foster Student Independent Learning Model (FSILM)” is created to implement fosters students' independent learning in higher education.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-299352017-03-08T13:31:55Z Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study Issa, Tomayess Issa, Theodora Kommers, P. FSILM Australian Higher Education Formative Feedback Audio This paper aims to examine students’ reactions to formative (i.e. face to face, audio, wiki and live, email) feedback. This approach is used to improve students’ communication and critical-thinking skills and to encourage independent learning. This paper provides empirical evidence from 327 students in three postgraduate units (‘IS’, ‘TI’, ‘ITS’), and two undergraduate units (‘BT2’, and ‘BT25’). The practical evidence is based on quantitative and qualitative data derived from two sources: informal and formal. The outcomes indicated that students’ levels of satisfaction had increased, and student started to learn from their own mistakes to improve the next submission, and their independent learning skills were enhanced in terms of writing, research, using endnote software, teamwork, collaboration and interaction, and oral presentation. Finally, a new model “Foster Student Independent Learning Model (FSILM)” is created to implement fosters students' independent learning in higher education. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29935 Common Ground Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle FSILM
Australian Higher Education
Formative
Feedback
Audio
Issa, Tomayess
Issa, Theodora
Kommers, P.
Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study
title Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study
title_full Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study
title_fullStr Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study
title_full_unstemmed Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study
title_short Feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: An Australian case study
title_sort feedback and learning support that fosters students' independent learning: an australian case study
topic FSILM
Australian Higher Education
Formative
Feedback
Audio
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29935