17 Self- and peer feedback

All stakeholders in teaching and learning need to be explicitly orientated to the purpose of feedback as self-regulating, and to view it as a means to increase capability in making judgements and acting upon them.” (Boud and Molley, 2013, 13)

Feedback works best when it is multi-directional. It is really important and helps us critically engage with our own work and the work of others, grow and recognise what we and others have done well. Be appreciative and supportive throughout, to yourself and to others.

Self-feedback

“I tried this with my poem on AI and I really recommend it! I had always being scared of poetry even in my native language. Writing a poem in English was a rewarding experience.” Alexandra Poradowska, former students on the module

It will be really important to reflect on your own development as we progress through the module and use the opportunity to evaluate your work against the assessment criteria. Your tutors will use the same criteria to mark your work.

• Check out the rubric and make an honest evaluation
• Add what you have done well
• Identify specific aspects of your work you need to do more work
• If you feel you have made excellent progress, feel free to turn your own feedback into a poem using a genAI tool (Nerantzi, 2023) such as Microsoft Copilot.
• Keep a record of the feedback you give yourself and date it

Do this at least 3 times during the semester as it will help you identify areas for further development and also celebrate the progress you are making.

Peer-feedback

In this module, you will be working more closely with a few of your peers in PBL groups. You will have plenty of opportunities to share your reflections with others and seek their feedback on your individual work.

You will also be invited as a group to provide feedback to other groups on their outputs. Again, use the same rubric to do this and follow the below approach.

• Check out the rubric with the assessment criteria and make an honest evaluation
• Add what has been done well
• Identify specific aspects of the work that needs to be further developed/refined
• Keep a record of the feedback you give to the other group and the feedback you receive also from your peers on your individual work.
• If the other group did really well, consider turning your feedback into feedback poetry (Nerantzi, 2023). You can do this manually! Consider also using Microsoft Copilot. You may even complement your feedback with a visual.
• If you would like to read more about peer-to-peer feedback, this study will provide valuable insights (van Blankenstein et al., 2024). We will also discuss this in class.