In peer learning, reciprocity matters. In Eli Review’s open-source student module on “Feedback and Improvement,” we encourage students to write comments according to a Golden Rule: “When you know what you want to get from feedback, you have a better idea of the kind of feedback you should give.” Giving the kind of feedback they’d […]
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We’ve written before about peer learning as being a bit like broccoli. It’s good for you more than good to you, especially the first bite. The best surprises we get are students’ end-of-term comments. We’re sharing some of these comments here (with their instructor’s permission) as a celebration of the change that peer learning can […]
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Learning to give helpful feedback takes practice. An easy way to start is to follow the describe-evaluate-suggest pattern. In the video below, one of Eli’s co-inventors Bill Hart-Davidson (@billhd) explains how the pattern works: The pattern gives students a very clear framework for how to give feedback: Describe – say what you see as a […]
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Update 02/24/2016: We have reports that this update isn’t working as intended for some users. Because the problem is complex and our fix is not up to our own standards, we’ve decided to roll back that update for now. Our apologies for the frustration and inconvenience. We’re excited to share our latest updates intended to […]
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We’re closing out 2015 with two improvements to Eli Review’s analytics to better support classroom research on peer learning. Eli helps teachers coach reviewers in offering better comments by making visible: how helpful writers perceive those comments to be using a 5-star helpfulness rating all comments reviewers offered peers on a single screen and download […]
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