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Adcroft, Andy; Willis, Robert – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
The aim of this paper is to report on an ongoing experiment in an enquiry-based approach to feedback. Over the course of four years, almost 1800 students have studied a final-year undergraduate module involving a mid-term assignment and end of module examination. Feedback on the assignment is delivered through a process which involves the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students
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Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; van Mourik, Carien – Open Learning, 2016
We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Drawing on interviews, and reviews of exam and assignment scripts we frame the problems faced by these students in terms of a "language as social practice" approach and highlight the students' failure to understand the specific language games…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Distance Education, Case Studies
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Kelly, D.; Baxter, J. S.; Anderson, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
Substantial increases in the size of many undergraduate classes in recent years have limited the ways in which students can engage with their disciplines and become active participants in their learning. This paper presents a methodology which uses a basic WebCT platform to improve the way in which students in large classes learn. The approach,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Learning Systems, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology