Examples from practice
Actors: Lecturer
Type: Training practical skills/portfolio
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Dorthe Hansen, Assistant professor Department of Language and Communication Faculty of Humanities, SDU |
Actors: Peer assessment and lecturer
Type: Academic writing, (seminar)
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Jens Smed Rasmussen, Teaching Assistant Professor Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, SDU |
Actors: Self-assessment (peer assessment and lecturer)
Type: Project work
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Ib Christensen, Associate professor Mads Clausen Institute Faculty of Engineering, SDU |
Actors: Lecturer, peer assessment, external party
Type: Creating posters
VUF
Example 15
Actors: Lecturer, peer assessment, external party
Type: Creating posters
The feedback activity in brief
The students work on a practical project, which they present via a poster to the rest of the class, the teachers and other people from the department at the end of the semester. The audience ask questions and provide feedback.
Application
This feedback activity was applied in the course “K-PTE4 Instrumentelle analystiske metoder og anvendt statistik” (K-PTE4 Instrumental analytical methods and applied statistics) at the Faculty of Engineering. This course is taught to fourth semester bachelor students in the Engineering programme of Chemical- and Biotechnology, as well as to fourth semester bachelor students in the Engineering programme of Chemical Engineering. There were approximately 30 students in the class.
The actual activity and its extent
During the semester the students worked on a practical project in analytical chemistry and statistics, which they presented via posters at the end of the semester. The students are provided with certain guidelines regarding size and content, but other than that they have freedom of choice reganding design, images, priorities etc. The project group presents the poster at a ‘public’ session, where the audience encompass teachers, interested employees at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology.
After the presentation the audience ask questions to the group and provide the group with feedback. Since the final exam in this course is an oral exam, the poster presentation is a good way to prepare. Furthermore, a lot of the critical questions from the audience are similar to the questions asked during the exam.
Poster-printer and PC as well as tape/pins or the like have been used for the activity.
Experiences and assessment
It takes approximately 1-2 days to prepare the poster, and 2-3 hours to do the presentations and feedback. Space is needed in the room used for the presentations for putting up approximately 6 posters and for the audience.
Evaluation: in which contexts will you recommend this feedback activity?
| Suitable for classes of: | <50 |
| Suitable for level: | All |
| Suitable for offline, online or both: | Offline |
| Other possible actors: | Yes |
| Is the activity part of an assessment method? | Yes |
| Is the activity part of the curriculum? | No |
For more information about VUF please contact:
SDU Centre for Teaching and Learning - Rie Troelsen - riet@sdu.dk