Enabling Peer Feedback: The Right Way, At The Right Time!
Concurrent Session 4
Brief Abstract
Providing a safe learning environment that is bias-free and offers scope for reflection is guaranteed to cater to students at all levels. Peer feedback enabled by technology gives students a voice and helps them debate in a peaceful manner. Peer feedback with the TEACH model guides students to provide quality evaluations that are Timely, Explicit, Appropriate, Competency-based, and Helpful. This helps in developing critical thinking an soft skills that are necessary to succeed in the workplace.
Presenters
Extended Abstract
The TEACH framework was adapted from 'Breaking with Tradition: The Shift to Competency-based learning in PLCS at Work by Brian M Stack and Jonathan G. Vander Els and SMART goals that outline what meaningful and helpful feedback looks like. Over time this improves the qualuty of feedback, encourages students to maximize their learning capacitites and encourages critical thinking skills. Delivering comprehensive feedback could take more than a couple of iterations to get it right. Peer assessment tools, like Kritik, can be used by students anonymously for individual as well as group assignments. This gives students access to different points of view on the topic that helps them develop a thorough understanding on the concept. While receiving feedback from peers allieviates the gap in comprehension, it allows students to better integrate with their peers at an intellectual level.
In terms of takeaways, this session will:
1. Enable institutional leaders to drive a foundational shift from traditional feedback to a peer feedback model.
2. Empower educators to design competency-based activities
3. Demonstrate a higher ROI to students through multiple personalized feedback via peer learning