"What Do ESL Writing Instructors Think of Screencast Feedback?"

2016 MIDTESOL Conference

September 30-October 1, 2016, Kansas City, MO

Screencast video feedback is often seen as positive, easier to understand and more personal by students while leading to the same or higher rates of successful application. Augmented by glimpses of student perspectives, this presentation will turn the focus on the instructors giving the feedback. The presentation discusses results of a semester long counterbalanced study of the perspectives of 4 ESL writing instructors implementing screencast feedback in their classes for the first time as they compare using it to using MS Word comments. How does the use of text and screencast feedback impact the instructor giving the feedback?