Download - Graz May 2014
Russell StannardWinner of the Times Higher ‘ICT Initiative’ awardWinner of the British Council ‘Technology’ award
Winner of ‘Excellence in Teaching & Learning” University of Westminster
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Could this be the future of feedback?
Today’s Talk
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• Information about me (very quick).• Talk about some key technologies that I have
used to develop student’s speaking skills and story of how I developed these ideas.
• Explain and show some of the actual work the students have done.
• Conclusions.
My thanks to Oxford University Press for sponsoring the event
Russell Stannard
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Freelance teacher trainer/speaker.Part-time lecturer at the University of Warwick and
a NILE associate trainer.Run www.teachertrainingvideos.com @Last year 350,000 visitors.18,000 subscribers to my monthly newsletter.Being put forward by various
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Provides FREE help videos to show teachers how to use technology.
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A quick story
• In 2000 I saw screen capture technology for the first time.
• Allows you to record the screen of your computer
• I thought ‘this can be used for feedback”
• But it took me 6 years to find out how to do it.
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The idea startsFirst example just correcting grammar.Providing general
feedback to the whole classProviding feedback on vocabularyProviding feedback on grammarBegan to realise it could be applied to all
subjects and contextsFeedback on blogsLong essays on MA programme
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AustriaSwitzerlandSwedenDenmarkNorwayMaltaMalaysiaIrelandChileArmeniaRussiaCzech RepublicNorthern IrelandIceland
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Research beginsResearch in Norway @Article in the Times Higher @Article Independent @Article in the Guardian @JISC report @Research in Canada @Report in the HEAResearch at JISCResearch in JapanResearch at the Open University @Research at Coventry UniversityResearch at Cardiff Metropolitan
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Impacting on Quality
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• Student’s like the voice.• Students’ feel it is more personal.• More information is conveyed.• Feedback can be elaborated on.• Feedback can be very timely.• Like ‘having the teacher sitting next to you’.• Multimodal –Student learning styles.• Motivating/authentic listening material• Special needs students• Stylistic benefits
The technologyOriginal work done with Techsmith
Camtasia I then began to use JING ( free tool)More recently began to work with SnagIt
( about $30 for educational version)Experimented with other free tools like
ScreenR and Screencast-o-maticHelp videos for all these tools can be found
on my website @
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Change of focusGet the students using screen capturePeer reflection/feedback ( Seror in Canada)Self reflectionTeacher reflectionEven for developing speaking skillsReflection on dissertations
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Present.MeProving very popularStudents can upload PDF, Word, PowerPoint
and then add webcam recordigFree for up to 60 minutesGreat for distance learning, pair work oral
work etc.Now using both screen capture tools and
Present. Me for reflection
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Present.Me for reflection
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Example of student working with PresentMeMy student reflecting on the lesson @
ConclusionsDespite suggesting this idea more than 8 years
ago it is only now that it is really possible.Idea can be used for a huge range of areas of
teaching and learning.More research beginning to emerge.Enormous interest in the idea including a second
visit to the University of Oxford in August
Feedback, Speaking, Reflection, Distance Learning, Flipped Classroom
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References-my WorkRecent article published in NorwayPeter's Article @Recent piece on JING in the Guardian-Guardian Article @•For extensive information about the idea and examples go here.Russell’s page on feedback and JING @
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Help videos for all the tools demonstrated.
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• PresentMe @http://
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• Jing @http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Jing/index.htmlhttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/jingInReality/
index.html
Any questions…
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Thank you to Oxford University Press who sponsored the event