The importance of feedback in a virtual learning environment
There is a high consensus in considering regulatory processes of learning as one of the key elements to ensure the knowledge attainment in distance university context, which allows students to periodically evaluate their learning process. In asynchronous learning environments, one of the normal strategies to facilitate this regulation is the use of feedback mechanisms between teacher and students. Though, in an environment with large groups of students, teacher feedback may become a tedious and unsustaianable task.
In this paper, we present the results of three pilot projects centred in the context of the Business degree from UOC, in which we have explored ICT tools (audio, video and screenshots) and differents stretagies to give feedback with the aim of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the regulatory process of learning.
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Josep-Maria Batalla-BusquetsDegree in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Barcelona and PhD in Economics from the same university. Senior lecturer in Economics and Business Studies (UOC). Since 2012 Josep-Maria has coordinated the Management & e-learning (MeL) research group, which is attached to the eLearn Center. He has directed and participated in a number of educational innovation projects funded by the UOC and the Government of Catalonia’s Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants.
Dolors Plana ErtaLecturer in Accounting in the UOC’s Economics and Business Studies Department. Degree in Economics and Business Studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Currently completing her doctoral thesis in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya’s doctoral programme in Business Administration and Management. Dolors has participated in various educational innovation projects funded by the UOC and the Government of Catalonia’s Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants.
María Jesús Martínez ArgüellesAssociate Professor of Economics and Business Studies at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Dean of the Economics and Business Department. Researcher at the Management & e-Learning (MeL) group. Her research interests focus on quality management in e-learning, the development of competencies that improve the employability of graduates, as well as the use of remote work as a tool for reconciliation.
