Despite my extended silence, I was not actually lynched by angry students. They all got their feedback a few weeks ago, and some even went to the extent of thanking me for giving them detailed feedback instead of just a mark. Bless them :-) . Someone remind me of that next time I moan about students.
I was really pleased with the quality of the work they submitted. There were an unusual number of high As, and few failing marks. When I started teaching that module two years ago, there was a failing average! Maybe the exam board will query the high average but I really feel that it reflects the quality of the learning the students did. I learned a lot from marking them . Having watched their video tutorials and read their scripts, I now know much more about the vagaries of SL than I did before as I knew nothing about SL until September last year. It seems to me only right that I should learn from MSc and 4th year students. (Not being one who goes for the "sage on centre stage" image.)
I was pleased with the portfolio style of assessment. The learning log and tutorial aspects were unexpectedly useful for getting an insight into student learning and gathering evidence of the new skills they learned. They are both good cross references for guarding against plagiarism. Note that after my rant earlier in the term, plagiarism was not a big problem. The students knew to submit commented code and explain it in their learning logs.
Well done to all my students! The next step for me is to try it with first year students next academic year.
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