The story of the AFP
Dr Andrew MacLaren [a.maclaren@hw.ac.uk]
The origins of the AFP were the product of a personal project while I was on parental leave after the birth of my son. Frustrated with the apparent loop I was stuck in with trying to deliver 'good' feedback but finding that mostly it wasn't even being read at all by my students, I did a deep dive into trying to find out what was going on. I call this my Jerry Maguire project. I wrote a report, mainly for myself, but it led to me returning from parental leave desperate to do things differently around assessment.
Dr Tom Farrington
My close friend and colleague, Tom, has been my partner in academic projects both in teaching and research for many years and we decided our first job with this project was to use our interest in making audio teaching materials and apply it to the feedback problem my report was highlighting. This led to the so-called 'MVP' of the Action Feedback Protocol...a podcast coupled with the 'three comments approach'.
Dr Antonia Voigt
Antonia's involvement in the process has evolved from being in the first cohort of students to use the AFP (as an undergraduate in my class) to now being a full-time academic after her further studies and PhD. Antonia was among those first students to reach out and express how valuable and usable she found the feedback she received. As her academic career has developed, she has become a central part of the team.
Dr Alex Buckley
Alex became aware of the AFP after Tom and I had been using it for a couple of years. As Associate Professor of academic practice, Alex has been instrumental in helping shape the ideas and objectives of the AFP into practical and usable resources for academics of all disciplines and supporting its dissemination.