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Functional, Frustrating and Full of Potential: Learners’ Experiences of a Prototype for Automated Essay Feedback

2014; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-08657-6_4

1865-0937

Bethany Alden Rivers, Denise Whitelock, John T. E. Richardson, Debora Field, Stephen Pulman,

Reflective Practices in Education

OpenEssayist is an automated feedback system designed to support university students as they write essays for assessment. A first generation prototype of this system was tested on a cohort of postgraduate distance learners at the UK Open University from September to December 2013. A case study approach was used to examine three participants’ experiences of the prototype. Findings from the case studies offered insight into how different users may perceive the usefulness, future potential and end-user of such a tool. This study has important implications for the next phase of development, when the role of OpenEssayist in supporting students’ learning will need to be more clearly understood.