Purpose
Feedback is one of the best ways for learners to grow, and is a key valued-added component to integrate in a learning experience. It is important in an online learning environment because it allows the learner to assess their progress, and determine improvements they can make moving forward. Meaningful feedback can be critical to a learners’ success as it promotes a type of self-reflection that can increase knowledge retention. Learners providing feedback to each other (peer feedback) can lead to constructive discussions that engage them and may expose them to ideas or concepts they hadn’t considered before.
NovoEd provides several tools for incorporating feedback, whether formal or informal, public or private, instructor-to-learner or peer-to-peer. Peer feedback happens when a course encourages or requires learners to comment on their peers’ posts and assignment submissions. Even informal feedback such as comments on submissions can lead to higher course completion rates:
Feedback Features & Considerations
Private Feedback Activity - Only the recipient sees the feedback* *Course Admins can access all learner-submitted feedback via Data Downloads |
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Public Feedback Activity Format: open-ended comments directly on submissions |
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Submission Carousel - Used as a discovery tool that showcases submissions; not a formal activity - Reviewing/commenting is optional - not a To-Do or worth points |
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Format: lesson component that allows learners who participate in Video Practice to be exposed to different variations of the same scenario, while having a chance to offer constructive feedback to their peers in the course. |
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Course Communications & Discussions Format: course-wide email, announcement, or discussion post that includes individual @mentions and links to submissions - Feedback is shared publicly to elevate visibility of exemplary work and encourage peer learning |
Incorporating Assignment Feedback in the Learning Experience: Decision Tree
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