Interactive Feedback in Virtual Learning Environment - Video-Skills

During the learning process, understanding some specific topics of the subject's programme may present great difficulties. The solution to these problems may be more complex in a virtual environment if you just opt for strictly written feedback. Several actions are proposed in order to respond to this situation in a flexible way and to achieve three main objectives: (1) Defining the appropriate interactive tool to answer the questions proposed, according to the typology and characteristics of the question. (2) Elaborating answers in a more visual format to improve the comprehension by the students. (3) Making of a repository video with the answers based on the questions raised by students. For our purpose we've selected what we considered technology enhancing learning (TEL) tools. These are: video edited with Video Edit Magic (1), commented screencaptures with CamStudio (2) and commented video with screen-flash (3). The pilot test was carried out in various subjects at the Faculty of Economics and Business, of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Specifically, this innovation has been applied to three subjects Statistics Essentials, Behaviour of Economic Aggregates (BEA) and Analysis of Financial Statements (AFS). For each subject we've chosen the tool-that fits better to the learning process and content of every one of them. In all cases, the usefulness of the tools used in the pilot has been positively evaluated by the students. In general, we can conclude that the video feedback versus written feedback improves the development of the students' learning process