Abstract Online feedback plays a key role in learning, but this requires that students engage with feedback. Some authors identify students’ perception of feedback as relevant to understanding engagement. To measure the effect that perceived feedback (specifically its valence) has upon engagement with feedback, a quasi-experimental study has been carried out between two groups of master’s students (191 students, 91.6% women, with a mean age of 30.6 years): a group in which students had the possibility to resubmit an assignment after feedback and another group in which students only received feedback at the end of the assignment. Results show there are no significant differences between both groups regarding the perception of the feedback. However, the results point to the importance of feedback valence perception in resubmission situation. In this situation, a significant relationship between emotional engagement and cognitive engagement with feedback was identified depending on how the feedback was perceived. The main conclusions are the need of incorporating opportunities for resubmission to promote engagement with feedback, the relevance of the perception of feedback, and the role of emotional engagement plays in relation to cognitive engagement with feedback. 

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Perception of online feedback and its impact on cognitive and emotional engagement with feedback

The chapter aims to discuss obstacles that affect the successful implementation of nursing training programs from learner nurses’ perspectives. The scope of the obstacles is limited to the clinical and classroom settings, where the nursing curriculum is implemented, and therefore the chapter will discuss obstacles to the nursing training program in hospitals/clinics and educational institutions. The chapter is a summary of a quantitative cross-sectional research study that collected data from all 190 learner nurses. Learner nurses were sampled with a stratified random sampling, which resulted in 129 samples of learner nurses. An electronic self-designed questionnaire written in English was sent to learner nurses via their university students’ email to complete it. Descriptive statistics were utilized to describe the frequency of learner nurses regarding the R425 program curriculum review. The source of information, in this chapter, is the research finding obtained from learner nurses, using a quantitative research approach and literature, which highlight that the success of health education could be observed when barriers to nursing program implementation have been eliminated. The chapter provides learning opportunities to program designers and leaders of the educational and healthcare facilities where the nursing training programs are implemented. 

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Obstacles in the Nursing Training Programs

Evidence suggests that many higher education institutions have difficulty in managing student expectations around assessment and feedback, particularly on the clarity of criteria and the fairness o...

A comparison of student and staff perceptions and feelings about assessment and feedback using cartoon annotation

In their transition to a new country, international students often feel lost, anxious or stressed. Saudi students in the UK in particular may face further challenges due to the cultural, social and religious differences that they experience. There is a lot of evidence that social media play a crucial role in this experience. By interviewing 12 Saudi students from different cities in the UK, the aim of this study is to investigate how they perceive their transition to the UK and how social media is involved. The analysis indicates that Saudi students’ perceptions of transition tend to fall in to one of two markedly different camps. Some students see transition as an opportunity to detach themselves from their home country and to engage with the new society. Those students turn to social media as a tool allowing them to build bridges with the new society. Other students feel less enthusiastic to make a full engagement with the UK society. Those students find social media as a good tool to maintain connections and links with family and friends in their home country.

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Xin Zhao

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A comparison of student and staff perceptions and feelings about assessment and feedback using cartoon annotation

Saudi international students’ perceptions of their transition to the UK and the impact of social media