Presentation Title
Learning from Failure: Making the Feedback Loop Work
Type of Presentation
Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 211
Abstract
“I spend hours providing feedback, but I have no idea if my students read it” is a common phrase echoed across college campuses. While best practices in teaching pedagogy laud the feedback cycle, many instructors question the impact their feedback has on their students’ writing. As the feedback loop continues to be a trending cog in the machine of formative assessment and authentic education, an essential component of the loop is often overlooked: the conversation.
Presenters will focus on providing easy-to-implement “conversation” opportunities for students to respond to instructor feedback. This reflective practice provides insight into a student’s learning processes, understanding of the feedback provided, and an open door to growth possibilities. Utilizing a variety of tools, we will explore how feedback conversations can be incorporated into the face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms. Presenters will discuss implementing feedback practices in composition and information literacy courses, providing strategies for faculty/librarian collaboration, on-the-fly implementation, and how to use feedback data to effect sustained change.
The benefit in closing the feedback loop with the conversation piece supports students and instructors in the teaching and learning process. Students feel like they have a voice in their learning by having an outlet to share enduring concerns and appreciation for clarification and the opportunity to improve. Instructors are able to identify “stuck places” where students struggle with content and concepts and build supporting curriculum around those places. For both parties, the process serves as a point of motivation and forward momentum.
Presentation Description
“I spend hours providing feedback, but I have no idea if my students read it!” As the feedback loop continues to be a critical part of formative assessment, the “conversation” component of feedback is often overlooked. Utilizing a variety of tools, this panel will explore how feedback conversations can be incorporated into the face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms. Presenters will discuss feedback practices in composition and information literacy courses, providing strategies for faculty/librarian collaboration, on-the-fly course implementation, and feedback data that effects sustained change.
Keywords
feedback loop, instruction strategies, reflective practice, assessment, collaboration, teaching and learning, scholarly conversation, learning processes, writing prompts
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Bishop, Natalie; Dennis, Pam; Land, Janet; and Allford, Hannah, "Learning from Failure: Making the Feedback Loop Work" (2018). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 18.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2018/2018/18
Supplemental Material
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons
Learning from Failure: Making the Feedback Loop Work
Room 211
“I spend hours providing feedback, but I have no idea if my students read it” is a common phrase echoed across college campuses. While best practices in teaching pedagogy laud the feedback cycle, many instructors question the impact their feedback has on their students’ writing. As the feedback loop continues to be a trending cog in the machine of formative assessment and authentic education, an essential component of the loop is often overlooked: the conversation.
Presenters will focus on providing easy-to-implement “conversation” opportunities for students to respond to instructor feedback. This reflective practice provides insight into a student’s learning processes, understanding of the feedback provided, and an open door to growth possibilities. Utilizing a variety of tools, we will explore how feedback conversations can be incorporated into the face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms. Presenters will discuss implementing feedback practices in composition and information literacy courses, providing strategies for faculty/librarian collaboration, on-the-fly implementation, and how to use feedback data to effect sustained change.
The benefit in closing the feedback loop with the conversation piece supports students and instructors in the teaching and learning process. Students feel like they have a voice in their learning by having an outlet to share enduring concerns and appreciation for clarification and the opportunity to improve. Instructors are able to identify “stuck places” where students struggle with content and concepts and build supporting curriculum around those places. For both parties, the process serves as a point of motivation and forward momentum.
