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Towards Dialogue: Audio Feedback on Politics Essays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Pete Woodcock
Pete Woodcock*
Affiliation:
Division of Criminology, Politics and Sociology, Ramsden Building, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK
*
E-mail: p.s.woodcock@hud.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article evaluates the use of audio feedback on assignments through the case study of a politics course and argues that audio feedback provides a more personal feel to feedback. Criticism, it appears, is easier to accept in the spoken word. In addition, the article highlights the chief practical benefit of audio feedback, namely that it reduces the overall time spent by lecturers in providing comments. But while the article is positive in favour of audio feedback, it also discusses some potential challenges that include anonymous marking and the fact that one size does not fit all, with different students preferring different types of feedback. Finally, the article identifies a number of practical tips that relate to the adoption of this method of feedback.

Keywords

assessmentfeedbacktechnology enhanced learningpedagogy

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Symposium
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European Political Science , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2017 , pp. 193 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 European Consortium for Political Research

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