Share Paper: Student and Instructor Approaches and Preferences to Audio and Written Comments on Written Compositions in an Online Class
Tuesday, October 22 2:00-2:30 PM Las Vegas Ballroom 6
Abstract: This study was conducted on the use of both written commentary and audio commentary in nine sections of an online 100-level composition class. Audio and written feedback was given to first drafts of two different essays. Forty-nine students were surveyed and 10 students were interviewed on their experiences in receiving the feedback on global-, middle-, and micro-level issues in their papers. Five instructors also were surveyed and interviewed. The results showed that, for global- and middle-level items, students felt that they understood their instructors’ feedback more effectively when receiving audio comments than when receiving written comments. However, their impressions on ...