Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essay Answers

SAFeSEA (Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essay Answers) is a new EPSRC-funded research project between the Institute of Educational Technology at the UK’s Open University and the Computer Science Department at Oxford University.

 

The aim of this project is to provide an effective automated interactive feedback system that yields an acceptable level of support for university students writing essays in a distance or e-learning context.

 

The project will explore the development of natural language processing tools for essay summarising, the definition of effective models of feedback and the design of web-based wrappers to orchestrate tools and evaluate different supportive approaches.