The effectiveness of instructor personalised and formative feedback in an online setting: some unresolved issues

Given the current general context of high Student Staff Ratio, extending the use of personalised feedback provided by instructors in the academic community and giving it the desired function demands finding a better balance between the demand for feedback and the real capacity of faculty and university institutions. If the results of the assessment are to be at the service of the student then we need to optimize the transfer process. This study focuses on the virtual higher education environment given its present and future potential as well as the amount of queries currently surrounding it. The article proposes orienting future research towards seeking out those aspects of faculty, students and ways to communication (video or audio recording, written text,¿) which contribute to improving the use of instructor feedback.