Course Development

Classroom Assessment Techniques for Distance Education: Electronic Mail Feedback

Karen Hallett
Instructional Consulting

Descriptions

The instructor poses a question to the class, via electronic mail, about his/her teaching, and invites student responses. The purpose of Electronic Mail Feedback is to simple, immediate channel through which faculty can pose questions about the class and students can respond to them.

Teaching Improvement

• better uses of available technology (effective uses)
• uses of appropriate strategies for distance education environment
• provide more contact with students, accessibility
• provide information about tailoring instructional activities to meet student's needs

Improving student learning

• improve opportunities to ask questions
• improve opportunities for input and feedback
• provide more contact with students accessibility

Criteria

• equally accessible from both sites
• immediacy of use
• adaptable to a wide range of learning situations
• require minimal time investment of students/instructor
• has continued use as learning tool for students, instructional resource for instructor.