towards effective feedback in e-learning packages: The design of a package to support literature sea

The paper describe the development of an e-learning package to assist in teaching literature searching, referencing and avoiding plagiarism (information skills) to investigate the effectiveness of different feedback styles (corrective only, corrective explanatory, and video feedback) on student learning. Three version of the e-learning package were developed of which employed a different style of feedback in response to students’ answers to formative quizzes. Then experimental testing of the three packages by students who were using the package to support learning in all their modules. Both quantitative and qualitative data was collected to assess the effectiveness of the package. The results of the pre and post test-test quizzes showed a significant increase of 10%. However, this can also be attributed to other teaching activities students were engaged in at that time. The preliminary analysis of the results did not reveal a clear effect for the feedback styles, although the results suggest some variation in students’ preference for feedback styles.

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