24/7 Instant Feedback on Writing: Integrating AcaWriter into your Teaching
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The document presents an introduction to acawriter, a web-based tool that provides instant formative feedback on academic writing, focusing on rhetorical moves in both analytical and reflective writing. It outlines various learning contexts for its application in courses such as law and research writing, emphasizing the need for better feedback mechanisms in writing. The session includes hands-on activities to integrate acawriter into teaching practices and encourages ongoing discussions among educators.
24/7 Instant Feedback on Writing: Integrating AcaWriter into your Teaching
- 1. 24/7 Instant Feedback on Writing: Integrating AcaWriter into your Teaching Simon Buckingham Shum (Connected Intelligence Centre) Antonette Shibani (Transdisciplinary Innovation School)
- 2. AGENDA • Introduction to AcaWriter (5 min) (Simon) • Learning Context 1 (Law Essay & Business Report) (8 min) (Shibani) • Learning Context 2 (Research Abstract) (8 min) (Simon) • Learning Context 3 (Critical Reflection on practice) (8 min) (Simon) • Hands-on activity (10 min) (Shibani) • Sharing and Discussion (10 min) • How would you integrate AcaWriter into your teaching? (10 min) • Keep talking to us! UTS CIC 2
- 4. AcaWriter now a UTS-wide tool (May 2020) UTS CIC 4
- 5. A long term R&D project in CIC https://cic.uts.edu.au/tools/awa UTS CIC 5
- 6. AcaWriter • Students need better feedback on academic writing • AcaWriter is a web-based tool that provides formative feedback on rhetorical moves (structural elements) in writing • Two types of writing genres are supported 1. Analytical Writing e.g. Essay, Research Paper/Abstract 2. Reflective Writing e.g. Learning Journal, Reflective Essay, Project Review UTS CIC 6
- 7. Rhetorical moves in analytical writing A rhetorical move is “a discoursal or rhetorical unit that performs a coherent communicative function in a written or spoken discourse” (Swales, 2004). UTS CIC 7
- 8. AcaWriter feedback on analytical writing UTS CIC 8
- 9. Very different rhetorical moves in reflective writing Major moves: Context, Challenge, Change UTS CIC 9 Gibson, A., Aitken, A., Sándor, Á., Buckingham Shum, S., Tsingos-Lucas, C. and Knight, S. (2017). Reflective Writing Analytics for Actionable Feedback. Proc. LAK17: 7th Int. Conf. on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, March 13-17, 2017, Vancouver. (ACM Press). https://doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3027436 Best Paper Award
- 10. AcaWriter feedback on reflective writing UTS CIC 10
- 11. How to integrate AcaWriter into your course? UTS CIC 11
- 12. How to integrate AcaWriter into your course? UTS CIC 12 Shibani, A., Knight, S. and Buckingham Shum, S. (2019). Contextualizable Learning Analytics Design: A Generic Model, and Writing Analytics Evaluations. Proc. 9 th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK19). ACM Press, NY, pp. 210-219. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3303772.3303785. Eprint: https://tinyurl.com/lak19clad
- 13. LEARNING CONTEXT 1 Law essay writing UTS CIC 13
- 14. Law Essay Context • Writing is a key disciplinary skill for law students • Instructor rubric elements require the use of rhetorical moves UTS CIC 14
- 15. Law essay context – Feedback tuning UTS CIC 15
- 16. Writing Activity UTS CIC 16 More info: http://heta.io/resources/wawa-improve-sample-text-plus-peer-discussion-civil-law/
- 17. Matching exercise Understanding instructor’s rubric by matching sample sentences to rubric elements UTS CIC 17
- 18. Viewing sample revisions UTS CIC 18
- 19. Assessing given text UTS CIC 19
- 20. Revision and Self-assessment UTS CIC 20
- 21. Peer Discussion and Revision UTS CIC 21
- 22. Feedback Survey UTS CIC 22
- 23. Writing Activity UTS CIC 23 More info: http://heta.io/resources/wawa-improve-sample-text-plus-peer-discussion-civil-law/
- 25. Accounting feedback example – New context UTS CIC 25
- 26. Accounting Writing Activity UTS CIC 26 Week Activity Week 1 Homework Online activity Week 2 Class exercise – Peer discussion Week 3 Submitting their draft report Week 4 Self-evaluation of draft report (with AcaWriter feedback) Week 5, Week 6 Peer feedback (optional) and working on final report Week 7 Report submission
- 27. LEARNING CONTEXT 2 HDR research writing UTS CIC 27
- 28. UTS CIC 28 Designing AWA for CARS model Create A Research Space (CARS)
- 29. Example AcaWriter Feedback UTS CIC 29
- 30. UTS CIC 30 Embedding AcaWriter in an HDR activity
- 31. UTS CIC 31 Embedding AcaWriter in an HDR activity
- 32. UTS CIC 32 Embedding AcaWriter in an HDR activity
- 33. UTS Online Open Course: Writing an Abstract https://open.uts.edu.au/uts-open/faculty/connected-intelligence-centre/writing-an-abstract/ 33
- 34. LEARNING CONTEXT 3 Reflective Writing UTS CIC 34
- 35. UTS CIC 35 An example of co-design rubrics for Critical Reflection Essay
- 36. UTS CIC 36 An example of co-design feedback for pharmacy placement reflection report
- 37. Co-design feedback (Contd..) • The feedback template consists of a set of rules, which will trigger feedback device to students given the presence or absence of particular writing analytics features. • An example of co-designed feedback rules in pharmacy. For a given feature (col.1), we considered what should be said to the student if it appeared (col.2) or was missing (col.3). More complex patterns can be defined. 37
- 38. ACAWRITER HANDS-ON UTS CIC 38
- 39. Tutorial & Questions • Go to https://acawriter.uts.edu.au and login with your staff ID. • Create your own assignment using a genre type. • If you have a sample text to try on, paste it in the editor and click on ‘Get Feedback & Save’. UTS CIC 39 Sample texts:https://tinyurl.com/yyxg4nlf
- 41. Interested in working with us to integrate AcaWriter into student tasks/assessments? UTS CIC 41
- 42. Recap • Rhetorical moves • AcaWriter feedback • AcaWriter Integration into Courses • Hands-on with AcaWriter UTS CIC 42
- 43. Educator resources: AcaWriter Educators portal https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/teaching-and-research-integration/acawriter/educators UTS CIC 43
- 44. Educator resources: The UTS Open module for Research Abstracts https://open.uts.edu.au/uts-open/study-area/communication--media/writing-an-abstract UTS CIC 44
- 45. This was just the conversation starter. Do get in touch... Enquiries: cic@uts.edu.au