SCORE: An advanced assessment and feedback framework with a universal marking scheme in higher education

Abstract

The technology enhanced learning is believed to be useful in representing the contexts and situations which are harder to explain verbally or bring to the classroom. One of the most important concerns in higher education is to ensure that the learning outcomes are achieved accordingly and learners acquire the desired capability. Most important techniques in supporting learning in higher education sector includes timely and detailed feedback to learners which must include both strengths and weaknesses of learner as well as the future implications of their performance. This paper proposes an online platform called Student Coursework Repository (SCORE) that enables academics to evaluate and provide effective online feedback to students in higher education sector. In this framework, a repository of different feedback mechanisms is made available to academic staff, irrespective of the modules and courses the students are enrolled in. SCORE builds on other literature and research work on feedback management and enables the delivery of other forms of feedback such as audio or video based feedback. SCORE aims to provide a consistent and common tool that can be used in a multidisciplinary environment and is sustainable to support an online and paperless environment.