Peer Review
The process of peer review is as old as academia, and it’s never too early to start. Have students swap drafts of their essays, proposals or lab reports, and then come up with comments and questions for each other. Make sure to be clear about what the goals are (using rubrics helps). For example, students could identify compelling arguments, unanswered questions and gaps in logic.
On-campus
The activity takes about 30 to 60 minutes and could be done with a large group of students (>60). It could be used as a blended learning activity. This could be made blended by letting students review their peer’s work through an online tool such as ‘FeedbackFruits Peerfeedback’ at home and discuss it in class.
Manual
Supplies needed
- Assignment to hand in
- Optional: FeedbackFruits Peerfeedback
Set-up classroom
Every classroom set-up could be used. If you want students to discuss the feedback, set up the tables in groups.
Optionally: Using a Teaching & Learning Lab could be suggested, due to its flexibility in furniture.
Step 1. (Preparation)
Students provide literature, an assignment or another type of document which students have to peer review.
Step 2. (Preparation)
Prepare the online tool used for handing in and sharing the assignment. Create a rubric or other assessment criteria as a guideline for students to provide feedback on certain aspects of the assignment. Make pairs or groups among students to provide each other feedback
Step 3. (Preparation/During class)
Instruct students about the learning activity. Where they must hand in their assignment and how feedback should be provided.
Step 4. (Preparation/During class)
Optionally you could provide students with extra time in class to provide the feedback. If not, students could do this at home, making it blended learning.
Step 5. (During class)
Students are given time to ask their peer or teacher questions about the feedback.
Step 6. (Evaluation)
As a teacher you could investigate multiple peer review sessions and gather some key-point to provide to the whole class. In this way, general feedback which is helpful for every student, is shared.
Source
https://www.nureva.com/blog/education/15-active-learning-activities-to-energize-your-next-college-class
Online
Online tools provide us the option to provide peer feedback during online classes. Have students swap drafts of their essays, proposals or lab reports, and then come up with comments and questions for each other through this online tool.
The activity takes about 30 to 60 minutes and could be done with a large group of students (>60). It could be used as a blended learning activity. This could be made blended by letting students review their peer’s work through an online tool such as ‘FeedbackFruits Peerfeedback’ at home and discuss it in online class.
Manual
Supplies needed
- Assignment to hand in
- Microsoft Teams
- Optional: FeedbackFruits Peerfeedback
Set-up classroom
Use Microsoft Teams to provide an online classroom for your students. Multiple channels could be made for students to discuss the peer review with each other. Otherwise, break-out rooms could be used as an alternative.
Optionally: Using a Virtual Classroom could be suggested, due to its elaborate technical options.
Step 1. (Preparation)
Students provide literature, an assignment or another type of document which students must peer review.
Step 2. (Preparation)
Prepare the online tool used for handing in and sharing the assignment. Create a rubric or other assessment criteria as a guideline for students to provide feedback on certain aspects of the assignment. Make pairs or groups among students to provide each other feedback.
Step 3. (Preparation/During class)
Instruct students about the learning activity. Where they must hand in their assignment and how feedback should be provided.
Step 4. (Preparation/During class)
Optionally you could provide students with extra time in class to provide the feedback. If not, students could do this at home, making it blended learning.
Step 5. (During class)
Students are given time to ask their peer or teacher questions about the feedback.
Step 6. (Evaluation)
As a teacher you could investigate multiple peer review sessions and gather some key-point to provide to the whole class. In this way, general feedback, which is helpful for every student, is shared.
Source
https://www.nureva.com/blog/education/15-active-learning-activities-to-energize-your-next-college-class
Hybrid
Online tools provide us the option to provide peer feedback during hybrid classes. Have students swap drafts of their essays, proposals or lab reports, and then come up with comments and questions for each other through this online tool.
The activity takes about 30 to 60 minutes and could be done with a large group of students (>60). It could be used as a blended learning activity. This could be made blended by letting students review their peer’s work through an online tool such as ‘FeedbackFruits Peerfeedback’ at home and discuss it in class.
Manual
Supplies needed
- Assignment to hand in
- Microsoft Teams
- Optional: FeedbackFruits Peerfeedback
Set-up classroom
Suggested is to use a hybrid classroom. Some students attend class online and some in person. Students in class should also have an own device if they want to discuss individually with an online peer.
Step 1. (Preparation)
Students provide literature, an assignment or another type of document which students have to peer review.
Step 2. (Preparation)
Prepare the online tool used for handing in and sharing the assignment. Create a rubric or other assessment criteria as a guideline for students to provide feedback on certain aspects of the assignment.
Step 3. (Preparation/During class)
Instruct students about the learning activity, where they must hand their assignment in and how feedback should be provided. Make pairs or groups among students to provide each other feedback. Most easy is to pair up online students and on-campus students seperatly.
Step 4. (Preparation/During class)
Students are optionally provided time to feedback their peers, so they won’t have to take the assignment home. Otherwise it could be a blended activity whereas it is partly at home.
Step 5. (During class)
Students are given time to ask their peer or teacher questions about the feedback.
Step 6. (Evaluation)
As a teacher you could investigate multiple peer review sessions and gather some key-point to provide to the whole class. So general feedback which is helpfull for every student is shared.
Source
https://www.nureva.com/blog/education/15-active-learning-activities-to-energize-your-next-college-class
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