I have done a considerable amount of research on feedback, especially since becoming an online teacher and realizing that feedback is likely at least 50% of the communication that students read and take seriously... if not more. Instructors must always consider three elements of effective feedback: timing, target, and nature. If all three of these elements are considered, feedback can be motivational, it can increase cognitive understanding of the material, and it can expand understanding of expectations of effort and time, as well. These are important qualities in education, whether it is online or face to face. It is also crucial to take feedback past the level of observation to something instructional. If we leave feedback at simply an observational level, students will know that they made errors, but how will they know exactly what it was that they did incorrectly? How will they know how to correct the errors? The following is an example of how we take feedback beyond the observational level and make it an instructional centerpiece for growth! Student work descriptionStudent work sampleFeedback OptionsFor feedback on discussion postings, I keep several scripts that are both descriptive and useful, explaining why the student received the grade that they got. At the end of the descriptive feedback, I list suggestions of improvement and sometimes links if the issue that the student had deals with some of the course content that can be practiced. The feedback for this particular "student sample" would be the following: You are required to respond to a classmate in the discussion assignments with a post of no less than three substantive sentences. Please read the requirements of the assignment again; you are not to leave comments of "good job" or "I like your work". You have not completed this essential part of the task. Remember this in the future to avoid this type of deduction. The highest grade you can earn without those posts is a 70%. Please look at the rubric for additional information specific to your grade. For more review on the conditional tense, you can use this link.
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