1. Overview of Research Areas Wendy Fisher Staff Tutor - Leeds R07 The Open University SIRG/TERG AwayDay Mercure Parkside Hotel 30 July 2009

2. Evaluation of technologies for feedback in ODL Challenging character sets and diagramming Annotation of file formats, doc, html and.pp Experiential virtual approaches, Communities of practice Reviewing assessment in MCT COBE/MCT Project Manager - Maria Kantirou Current Research Areas

3. Historical 1999 PC computer used for eTMA

4. 2006 COLMSCT – present perceptions and feelings

5. Evaluation of technologies in assessment Educational Framework How does assessment support student learning? Eleven Conditions, five themes Quantity and distribution of student effort Quality and level of student effort Quantity and timing of feedback Quality of feedback Student response to feedback (Gibbs and Simpson, 2004)

6. Feedback 1998 paper – 1999 computer

7. Paperless 2006.mhtml and.pdf and multi format

8. Mathematic input, LaTeX -.pfd annotator June 2009

9. Innovation and Personalisation happens with ‘flow’ 67% of students liked the personalised feel Colour can be linked to learning outcomes, English Eraser enables ease of re-editing Can be used to mark challenging character sets Lecturers feedback far richer and fuller - Coding Extends the pedagogy beyond using pen and paper Outcomes from this research

10. Quality of Feedback Student judgements learning Lecturer Technology Learning from feedback Teaching Technology matched Pedagogy ‘flow’ Annotation Process Special Subject knowledge Student Engaged Quality Feedback ‘flow’ – person so involved in the activity that nothing else matters

11. Current Goal To re-work paper and re-submit to a new journal Researching journal at the moment for paper Considering options for future work? Rejection – have a strategy in place

12. Questions? Wendy Fisher w.a.fisher@open.ac.uk Acknowledgements: Ed Bartosinski, Frances Chetwynd and Professor P.J.Rippon Lesley Blanchard, Sarah Horrigan