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Responding to Student Writing (audio style) « TLT at Franklin & Marshall — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:52:57 +0000

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By: Joss Ives

Joss Ives — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:12:13 +0000

"Responding to student writing in an effective and timely manner is important to student success."

Do you have any references for this? This is best practice wisdom for which I have been unable to find any good references. Not just responding to student writing, but any and all types of feedback. I post solutions to homework and exams immediately after they have been handed in because I believe that it is beneficial to student learning (and success) for them to be able to find the answers to their questions while they are still curious or while what they wrote (in your case) is still fresh in their minds. But has this ever been SHOWN to increase learning or success?

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By: Nate Kogan

Nate Kogan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:44:08 +0000

I’ve been providing recorded feedback to my students this year via a screencast using the free version of the software from Jing, which uploads the files to http://www.screencast.com. In part I’m able to do this because I’m having my students post their work on blogs, so I make the screencast cover the text they’ve written and then voice my feedback over a recording of their text. In this way I’m able to move my mouse over particular passages and also give detailed feedback about structure, style, use of evidence, and the like.

The one warning I would give about using this approach is that while Screencast.com generates unique URLs for each of the recording you make, those URLs in fact provide access to your entire library of screencasts. The result of this is that students are able to listen to one another’s feedback — something that you might take to be a good thing (in the ability to understand common issues, challenges, etc.) or something that might be perceived as a violation of a student’s privacy. Obviously the way to avoid giving out information about a grade is simply to avoid stating it in the screencast recording and instead sending it to them via a CMS, email, or some other form. In the initial feedback I’ve received from students I think they’ve found this worthwhile, and it certainly is faster to generate the same quantity of feedback in comparison to typing.

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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:08:06 +0000

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By: Heather Whitney

Heather Whitney — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:44:29 +0000

I've had great success using the SwitchEasy ThumbTack recorder with my iPod Touch for recording podcasts of classes and Griffin's free iTalk app. I also use Switch Soundfile Converter software to convert the .aiff files to .mp3. The ThumbTack recorder is an unbelievable $13 while the programs are free. I imagine such a setup would also be useful for giving audio feedback and I hope to try it out soon!

By: George H. Williams

George H. Williams — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:46:41 +0000

I love speech recognition software, having purchased MacSpeech Dictate last year (it's not cheap: $199 for a non-discounted version). However, I think there's something to be said for the "oral feedback" quality of audio recording: the sound of your voice (the same voice students hear in class and in 1-on-1 appointments) is perhaps important.

Just a thought...

By: Rosangela

Rosangela — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:27:41 +0000

Instead of recording with a tape recorder, you can record directly on your computer, using Audacity. Just need a mic in your computer. I find Audacity fantastic and so easy to use.

In case you use Moodle, you can upload your comments to Moodle and the student can get it from there (instead of by email). The advantage is that you will have a copy of all your comment as part of the course pack.

Actually, in case you use Moodle, now you can record directly there, no external software required for you or your students. This is ideal for short audio files (and I believe this type of feedback would not be too long). Both instructor and students can easily record their voices and post them in the course. Great tool.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:05:24 +0000

James Lang, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education this week, discussed a variation on your theme. Lang said that a colleague used voice recognition software to provide detailed (albeit conversational) feedback on student papers, dictating feedback that was then stapled to the front of students' papers. Comments related to specific points were numbered, keyed to hand-written numbers in the margins.

Lang said that the comment process was fast and detailed, and students appreciated the depth of the responses.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:35:51 +0000

I’ve used Acrobat (full version) to record audio comments that are then embedded in the pdf itself. This works really well. Students need to view the pdf in Adobe’s Acrobat Reader in order to hear the audio comments.