1st Edition

Formative Assessment and Feedback in Post-Digital Learning Environments Disciplinary Case Studies in Higher Education

Edited By Sam Elkington, Alastair Irons Copyright 2025
274 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This fundamental text provides cutting-edge theory and practical insights into how formative assessment and feedback can be used enhance student learning development through exploring an exciting range of case studies from experts in the field. Underpinned by relevant theory and real-world advice spanning the global higher education sector, this book examines the importance of technology and... Read more

1. Introduction
Sam Elkington and Alastair Irons

2. Formative Assessment and Feedback in Post-Digital Higher Education
Sam Elkington and Alastair Irons

3. Creating a formative-feedback trialogue by embedding an e-learning theory package into undergraduate music education.
Paul Fleet

4. Reflective Writing Online as a Powerful Formative Assessment Tool in Teacher Leadership Development
Phil Quirke and Nadya Moosa

5. Developing student employability through formative assessment and virtual project learning in the social science curriculum
Joy Perkins and Stuart Durkin

6. Using formative feedback to scaffold and manage student wellbeing in an accelerated online research course
Natasha van Antwerpen, Deanne Green, John Baranoff, Sara El-Kaissi, and Anastasia Ejova

7. Promoting Situated Change Towards Sustainability and Climate Action through Post-Digital Online Distance Learning Pedagogy
Annabel de Frece and Ros Taplin

8. Conversations in Context: Reframing Assessment for International Trainee Teachers
Alison McMaster

9. Formative and Summative assessment rubrics for a UK postgraduate taught Education Studies module
Andrew Holmes and Paul Hopkins

10. Implementing ipsative feedback through interconnected tasks and comparison processes in a direct-entry program
Bianka Malecka

11. An online peer assessment tool for embedding authentic feedback literacy in students studying creative subjects.
David Anthony Parkinson and Michael Edward Parker

12. Integrating Scaffolding Instructional Strategy through Digital Tools for Improving Academic Performance among Undergraduate Finance Students
Sandar Win, Eliana Lauretta, Tasneem Joosub, and Jayne Revill

13. Developing an Experiential Formative Assessment Activity with theGIST Framework
Yusuf Oc

14. Formative feedback for international supply chain post-graduate students combining digital and face-to-face formats to enhance engagement and criticality.
Rebecca Page-Tickell and Richard Addo-Tenkorang

15. Meet Zara: An AI-generated teaching assistant for enhancing formative assessment and self-regulated learning
Bronwyn Eager

16. Creating an academic safety net for newly inducted undergraduate medical students using formative assessments and feedback
Syeda Sadia Fatima, Romana Idress, Satwat Hashmi, Saniya Sabzwari, Sadaf Khan, Kauser Jabeen, and Kulsoom Ghias

17. Using e-Portfolios and video reflections to support postgraduate students’ personal and professional development
Charlotte Chandler

18. Using digital multisource feedback to provide medical students with formative feedback on their workplace behaviour and professional progress
Sarah Allsop, Joanna Howarth, and Jane Williams

19. Formatively assessing competency in practical skills in the Biological Sciences through direct observations and oral feedback
Anna Nousek-McGregor, Laura McCaughey, and Lesley Hamilton

20. Embedding Formative Assessment in the Flipped Statistics Classroom
Yeh-Ching Low

21. Embedding Formative Feedback through Differentiated Instruction using Microsoft OneNote Class Notebooks
Samantha Gooneratne

22. Scaling up and automating formative assessment in computer science
Neil Gordon

23. A Data-Driven Approach to Student Support using Formative Feedback and Targeted Interventions
Simon Coupland, Conor Fahy, Graeme Stuart, and Zoë Allman

24. Beyond the Unit: A Course-Wide, Iterative Formative Assessment and Feedback Framework for Enhancing Learning and Employability Skills in Computer Science Education
Ioannis Benardis, Alan Hayes, and James H. Davenport

25. Formative Diagnostics for Student Transitions & Success through Personalised Guidance
Jack Hogan and Luke Millard

26. Using an ongoing Formative Feedback approach to support Early Career Academics make progress towards their End Point Assessment
Bianca Fox and Adam Tate

27. Reimagining Formative Assessment and Feedback: Propositions for Practice

Sam Elkington and Alastair Irons

Biography

Sam Elkington is Professor of Learning and Teaching at Teesside University, UK, and is a PFHEA and National Teaching Fellow (NTF).

Alastair Irons is Deputy Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor and Professor of Computer Science at Abertay University, UK. He previously served as Academic Director for Digital Education and Dean of the Faculty of Technology at the University of Sunderland, UK.