Feedback in a Digital Badge Learning Experience: Considering the Instructor’s Perspective

Autor: Timothy J. Newby, Erin D. Besser
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: TechTrends. 64:484-497
ISSN: 1559-7075
8756-3894
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-020-00485-5
Popis: There is growing interest in how various technical tools can be used to leverage the instructional process for both teaching and learning. Digital badges are a visual representation of learning and skills. Digital badges have been used as a way to reduce gaps in knowledge (Bowen and Thomas Change, 46(1), 21-25, 2014; Guskey Journal of Advanced Academics, 19(1), 8–31, 2007), increase engagement (Abramovich et al. Educational Technology Research and Development, 61, 217–232, 2013; Glover and Latif 2013), and develop mastery in key concepts (Academic Medicine, 88(10), 1418–1423, 2013). One challenge for educators in using digital badge systems is in how to provide detailed and specific assessment and feedback to students. A potential solution is to pair digital badges with Mastery Learning strategies. In order to examine the types and ways in which instructors provide feedback, individual instructor case studies were developed. Each case was investigated and analyzed holistically as a single entity representing the distinct evaluation style of that instructor. The coding schema used a deductive process based on feedback and Mastery Learning research including the functions of feedback (e.g. task, cognitive, and functional validity information) (Balzer et al. Psychological Bulletin, 106(3), 410, 1989; Butler and Winne Review of Educational Research, 65(3), 245–281, 1995), principles of feedback (e.g. principles supporting self-regulated learning) (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick Studies in Higher Education, 31(2), 199–218, 2006), framework of effective feedback (e.g. content, social and interpersonal negotiation, organization and management) (Yang and Carless Teaching in Higher Education, 18(3), 285–297, 2013), and essential elements of Mastery Learning (e.g. feedback, correctives, enrichment) (Guskey Journal of Advanced Academics, 19(1), 8–31, 2007). Instructors’ feedback fell within six categories: 1) Outcome Feedback; 2) Clarification; 3) Decreasing Gaps in Knowledge; 4) Motivation and Interaction; 5) Opportunities to Further Knowledge; 6) Promotes Overall Learning and Cognitive Development. Based on the results, specific categories of feedback are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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