Russell Stannard University of Warwick Centre for Applied Linguistics

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A bit about me. Feedback and screen capture. Questions.

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Russell Stannard
Taught English and Spanish since 1987. Principal Lecturer at the University of Warwick in the

Centre for Applied Linguistics. Teach MA in TESOL ( ICT components). Write the Webwatcher Articles in English Teaching Professional. Run www.teachertrainingvideos.com A website dedicated to helping teachers incorporate ICT into their teaching with step by step videos.

Teacher Training Videos

What my website does
Offers hundreds of step by step screen casts to show

teachers how to use different technologies in their teaching. Currently just over a quarter of million visitors a year. Newsletter 11,000 followers. Twitter feed (twitterrussell1955) Facebook page

Screen capture
January 2000 saw an example of screen capture for the

first time. Immediately thought That could be used for feedback. 6 years later, saw the actual technology demonstrated Began experiments in May 2006 ( Greek student followed by group of Chinese students). In June/July 2006 wrote first published article on idea in the Modern English Teacher . Example with Chinese Student

The initial idea

Example
ELT class. 11 Chinese students. Focused on surface errors. Students sent essays, opened them on my screen, gave

feedback and sent videos to students. Students then re-wrote their essays after watching the video feedback. Gave out a simple questionnaire and did a focus group with the whole class.

Feedback
Students liked the fact the feedback was both oral and

visual. Students thought they were getting more feedback ( about 150 words a minute). Students thought it was an example of authentic listening material. Students felt it was motivating. They liked the fact I didnt give them direct corrections Students make point about the importance of the voice. The think the feedback is more personal. Students felt it was clearer.

Feedback from others

Useful for distance learning organisations
Dyslexic students Feedback on anything. A second example

Issues it raised
How should I give the feedback? What stage of the process? (summative/formative) Is it good for simple grammar errors or more relevant

to other areas of the curriculum? (elaboration) How do I get a good balance between sound and visual elements? (Richard Mayer) Is it feasible to give feedback to all students? ( time) Is it possible to give too much feedback?

Experimenting with different approaches

Mini grammar lessons

Vocabulary
General Feedback Began to realise that idea could really be used to

provide feedback on anything. Design Blogs Assessments Marking plans Study guides

Jing and cloud based screen capture

Free tool. Limited to 5 minutes. Can save on your computer or upload to cloud and

receive link to play video. Quick distribution. Students do not need anything special to playback videos ( just browser). Other tools include Screenr/screencast o-matic. Opens up whole new range of possibilities.

Give JING to the students

Talk about a picture-send the video Talk about a timeline-send the video Reflect on some work/teacher practice

Examples A picture Reflecting on your dissertation A timeline Reflecting on your last teaching practice

Conclusions
Feedback idea is still in its infancy but offers a genuine

way forward for some forms of feedback and in certain contexts. May provide clearer, more detailed feedback. May be especially relevant to distance courses. Has potential as a tool for reflection. We need more research and experimentation. Screen capture has enormous potential to be used in many different ways.

References-1

Journals Brick, B. & Holmes, J. (2008). Using screen capture

software for student feedback: towards a methodology. IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, (CELDA). McLaughlin, P., Kerr, W. & Howie, K. (2007). Fuller, richer feedback, more easily delivered, using tablet PCs. Proceedings for the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Assessment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, 327-340. Recent article published in Norway-Very Complete http://www.idunn.no/ts/dk/2012/02/video_feedback_in_hi gher_education_-_a_contribution_to_impr?languageId=2

References-my Work
Web The original piece published in the Times Higher in 2006

Russell Stannard http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?section code=26&storycode=207117 A later piece published in Humanising Language Teaching http://www.hltmag.co.uk/dec08/mart.htm Recent piece on JING in the Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/eslvideo-feedback Presenting JING at IATEFL 2010 http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/live_lectures.html

 All my work, links, interviews, examples etc can be

found at http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/feedback.html

References-Help to get started

Where to find JING

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html How to use JING http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/Jing/index.html Other tools ScreenR (how to use video here) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/screenr/index.ht ml
Camtasia Matchware Camstudio (free)

Thank you for listening Any Questions

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