Peer learning for student engagement
Workshop
Date: Thursday 3 April 2025
Time: 09.00 – 12.00
Location: Online via Zoom
Feedback is considered a powerful tool in students' learning, based on extensive research within education. In everyday life however, teachers might not always have the resources or time to provide individual feedback to their students. Is peer review a potential solution for this challenge?
This workshop is aimed at teachers, course leaders and staff at Stockholm University involved in teaching.
About the workshop
While there are other ways to providing feedback to students, via self assessment tests and quizzes, peer feedback offers certain possibilities that can be of value for students' learning. Both for the students who give and the ones who receive feedback. During the workshop we will discuss potential ways to use peer feedback within your course, both from a pedagogical perspective and from a practical perspective.
In this workshop we will consider peer review as a tool for increasing and improving feedback to students as well as using peer review as a potential tool for assessment. Specifically, the workshop will cover the following themes and topics:
- Consider advantages and disadvantages of peer review in general.
- Reflect on the differences between giving vs receiving feedback from peers.
- Discuss your experiences of completing a peer review task (a shorter peer review assignment will be made available before the workshop, see below under preparations).
- Identify potential ways to implement peer review in your courses.
- Consider available tools for peer review in specifically Athena.
Workshop leader is Christine Storr, Lecturer at the Department of Law. The workshop is held in English
Preparations and litterature
Read the following two articles and look through the resources by McGill University:
- Ion, G., Martí, A. S., & Morell, I. A. (2019). Giving or receiving feedback: Which is more beneficial to students’ learning? Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(1), 124–138.
- Double, K. S., McGrane, J. A., & Hopfenbeck, T. N. (2020). The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis of Control Group Studies. Educational Psychology Review, 32(2), 481–509. (focus on introduction and the discussion)
- Peer Assessment (PA) resources at McGill University
Submit a short assignment and complete a peer review task in Athena before the workshop. More information will be made available to the attendees the latest 1 week before the workshop.
Registration
The workshop is aimed at all teaching staff and educational managers, regardless of subject affiliation, at Stockholm University. Participation is free of charge. Book your place in good time, as places are limited. First come, first served is applied.
Organizer is the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching (CeUL). CeUL offers workshops on a variety of teaching and learning topics with the aim to support and stimulate engaging and high-quality teaching at all levels at Stockholm University.
The workshop offers an opportunity to explore and develop academic teaching skills that falls under category 1. Subject expert and guide as well as 3. Student-centered and 4. Examiner. The workshop offers tools and ideas for a professional approach to assessment and evaluation.
Last updated: November 29, 2024
Source: Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching