Smart Feedback is a comprehensive platform designed to address the challenges of large classes, international student engagement, and teaching quality assessment. It enhances student participation and communication, especially for those reluctant to engage in traditional class discussions. By facilitating detailed record-keeping and documenting teaching practices, Smart Feedback enables instructors to refine their teaching standards through content-specific insights and data analytics. The platform also helps in optimising lecture materials by incorporating feedback on the learning load and student comments.
Smart Feedback provides insights into when and how lecture attendance is crucial, based on real-time feedback and questions raised during the course. This allows for a student-centred approach, where the lecturer can adapt the course direction and materials to better meet diverse learning needs. The platform supports peer teaching, manages in-class contests, and automates the identification of individual student problems, linking them to existing Q&As.
Moreover, Smart Feedback offers personalised feedback to students by analysing their comments on lecture slides, ensuring a tailored and responsive learning experience. It empowers instructors to make timely adjustments, improving teaching quality and student outcomes throughout the semester.
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Speakers
Professor Taha Rashidi
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Engineering
Professor Taha Rashidi is the Director of the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation and a leading expert in travel demand modelling, data analytics, survey design, and economics. With a strong background in transport engineering, he has made substantial contributions to the education of transport engineering students and the development of the transport program at UNSW. Professor Rashidi has created several 3D videos to enhance road design education and has published works on innovative teaching methods developed in his courses. Additionally, he has played a key role in developing the Smart Feedback platform.
Dr Khalegh Barati
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Engineering
Dr Khalegh Barati is a Nexus Fellow in Engineering Construction and Management and a Lecturer at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Dr. Barati’s research interests lie in Automation, Data Sensing, Fuel and Emissions Modeling, Optimization, Sustainability Issues, and their applications in the construction and operation of infrastructural projects.