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Encourage interaction and dialogue around learning

Encourage interaction and dialogue around learning

  • What types of dialogue do you have with your students regarding feedback?
  • What types of dialogue do you encourage students to have with their peers?
Dialogue between students and between staff and students plays an important role in student success. Students need to engage in dialogue around feedback. Large first year classes make one-to-one interaction between staff and students difficult, but meaningful dialogue can take place between students.
 Adapted from REAP and the Viewpoints Project e-AFFECT and JISC Logos

 

Some ways to do this... Technologies to consider...
Structure group projects so that students discuss the criteria and standards expected at the start and then review progress against the criteria Collaboration Tools/ Written Feedback Tools/ Portfolio Tools
Minute papers with questions covering the session – results used at the beginning of the next session Interactive Voting/ Lecture Participation/ Online Submission
Use group work or support learning groups and learning communities Collaboration Tools/ Written Feedback Tools/ Portfolio Tools/ Peer to Peer Tools
Students set task(s) for each other Collaboration Tools/ Online Testing
Have one assignment come in early which is marked and returned to the students in time for them to use the feedback in the second assignment Online Submission/ Written Feedback Tools/ Collaboration Tools
Students set MCQ(s) with feedback to correct and incorrect answers Online Testing/ Interactive Voting/ Lecture Participation/ Peer to Peer Tools
Students discuss the written feedback they have been given with their peers and suggest strategies for future improvement Collaboration Tools
Students bring brief pieces of work to tutorials which are then reviewed by a peer – what is good, what is less good and how can it be improved? Collaboration Tools/ Written Feedback Tools/ Peer to Peer Tools
Students peer ‘mark’ or peer review a draft which is then modified in response to the feedback provided Collaboration Tools/ Written Feedback Tools/ Peer to Peer Tools

Some Queen’s examples