Category Archives: Marking

Supported Experiments in Digital and Blended Learning: Insights from the Greater Manchester Colleges Group

Posted on March 24, 2022 by joannemilesconsulting

I have been lucky enough to play a small training and facilitation role in the exciting innovation work around digital and blended learning at the Greater Manchester Colleges Group. This website link has a variety of reflections and insights from … Continue reading →

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Effective Feedback and Feed Forward

Posted on May 12, 2016 by joannemilesconsulting

Several good reads on how to give effective feedback: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/apr16/vol73/num07/The-Secret-of-Effective-Feedback.aspx The Secret of Effective Feedback by Dylan William Education Endowment Foundation summary on marking 2. Some blogs on practical classroom approaches for giving feedback and engaging learners with feed forward … Continue reading →

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Blog bulletin – Feedback, Feed forward and Marking

Posted on February 16, 2016 by joannemilesconsulting

 At the moment I am having lots of conversations with teachers in colleges about the challenges of marking, phrasing feedback and getting students to engage with it actively. Here are two really thought provoking and practical blogs on this topic, with … Continue reading →

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Are you a teacher or coach who wants to develop their assessment and feedback skills?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by joannemilesconsulting

This will be a really practical, interactive and engaging day of training for teachers, Advanced Practitioners and T&L Coaches. Developing formative assessment and feedback skills, Sector Training, June 18th 2015, Birmingham: http://www.sectortraining.com/events/334

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Blog Bulletin: Feedback and Marking – Great Reads from Twitter

Posted on December 5, 2014 by joannemilesconsulting

Really interesting blog full of great ideas for giving verbal feedback in a practical session and ways to develop the learners’ confidence and competence: http://drowningintheshallow.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/tlc-verbal-feedback-3/ Great list of practical and engaging approaches for using questioning in different ways as part … Continue reading →

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