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FASTECH

Feedback and Assessment for Students with Technology (FASTECH) is designed to use readily available technologies to support the systemic enhancement of assessment and feedback strategies and practices at programme, school and institutional levels. A key aim of the project is to provide evidence of, and guidelines for, technological improvements and change processes that can be used to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of assessment and feedback at these levels throughout the sector. 

Core Research Activities

Our core research activities will be conducted through collaborations involving senior managers, teachers, technical and administrative staff, students and external advisors. Throughout the project we will also work with colleagues in other institutions and organisations; drawing upon their experiences and expertise, and ensuring that the key findings and outputs of FASTECH are provided in ways that best address the particular needs of their disciplinary communities, institutions and learning environments. By addressing the challenges of improving practices through research and development at programme level, we will be able to provide findings that are sensitive to disciplinary needs and traditions, and closely attuned to teachers’ and students’ interests and experiences.

Project Basis & Outcomes

Our project builds upon a new body of knowledge about student and staff experiences of assessment and feedback, collected from over 22 degree programmes in 8 universities. From these baseline data we have identified many common and distinctive disciplinary challenges facing students and their teachers, and have worked effectively with course teams and senior managers to realise enhancements through systemic change processes. We are now aiming to improve student learning from assessment and feedback by transforming practices within 33 degree programmes across Bath Spa and Winchester universities, and embedding well-proven technology-supported pedagogies and quality improvements in these institutions.

The project website is nearing completion.

Project Manager: Dr Tansy Jessop.

The project runs from August 2011- July 2013.