Abstract

Effective feedback is essential as a way of engaging with students, enhancing the teaching and learning process and in preparation for professional life. With increasing class sizes, feedback is often being delivered at too slow a pace and lacking in the required detail, clarity and quality to be effective. This report presents the preliminary findings of a pilot study undertaken at the University of Ulster, focusing on an alternative method of providing feedback, by using screencasting technology to produce short videos. It evaluates the effectiveness of the method from both the student and academics’ perspective and gives an insight into the students’ reaction to the new technique compared to more traditional feedback modes.