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Learning activity

Peer review of student-created AI assistants

Created by:
Claudia Carrone
EDHEC Business School
Pedagogy
Peer Review
Learning outcome
Prep time
Intermediate (10-30 min)
Activity type
Learning Activity
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Why this learning activity?

Learning activities targeting high-order skills like this one can help you activate students more effectively. This learning activity will help you with:
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Critically analyze AI assistant behavior

Students will evaluate the strengths, limitations, and boundary-setting of peer-created AI Assistants through structured testing and interaction.
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Apply principles of responsible AI design

Students will assess reliability, scope control, user guidance, and safety considerations in AI assistant development.
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Provide constructive, evidence-based feedback

Students will deliver clear, specific peer feedback that identifies areas for improvement and supports iterative refinement of AI assistant design.
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Activity setup

Peer review of student-created AI assistants

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Activity steps

  1. Read instructions: Students review the activity guidelines and learning outcomes.
  2. Submission: Students interact with a peer-created AI Assistant and submit a summary of their observations.
  3. Provide peer feedback: Students evaluate two peer AI Assistants using the provided scale rating, giving clear and constructive feedback.
  4. Received reviews and feedback-on-feedback: Students read feedback on their AI Assistant and optionally provide feedback on the usefulness of the received comments.
  5. Grading: Grades are based on the quality of peer feedback and participation in the feedback-on-feedback process.

To ensure feedback is both clear and actionable, this activity uses a  1 – 5 scoring system across three key categories. Each category is broken down into two focus points, allowing for a nuanced look at performance where 1 is the lowest score and 5 is the highest. 

Scale rating 

1. Interaction and User Experience 

  • Ease of Start and Clarity: Was it clear how to start using the AI Assistant and what it was designed to do?
    • Score: [1 - 5]
  • Interactivity and Engagement: How engaging and interactive was the AI Assistant during your interaction?
    • Score: [1 - 5]

2. Accuracy and Reliability

  • Accuracy of Responses: How accurate and appropriate were the AI Assistant’s responses to your questions?
    • Score: [1 - 5]
  • Consistency Across Interactions: How consistent were the responses across similar or repeated interactions?
    • Score: [1 - 5]

3. Safety and Risk Management

  • Effectiveness of Guardrails: How effectively did the AI handle edge cases, misuse, or off-scope requests?
    • Score: [1 - 5]
  • Appropriateness of Language/Tone: How professional was the language, including in difficult or sensitive situations?
    • Score: [1 - 5]

Activity goals

This activity helps facilitate a flipped classroom approach to your teaching. When student engage with material prior to class there are several benefits:
  1. Read instructions: Students review the activity guidelines and learning outcomes.
  2. Submission: Students interact with a peer-created AI Assistant and submit a summary of their observations.
  3. Provide peer feedback: Students evaluate two peer AI Assistants using the provided scale rating, giving clear and constructive feedback.
  4. Received reviews and feedback-on-feedback: Students read feedback on their AI Assistant and optionally provide feedback on the usefulness of the received comments.
  5. Grading: Grades are based on the quality of peer feedback and participation in the feedback-on-feedback process.

To ensure feedback is both clear and actionable, this activity uses a  1 – 5 scoring system across three key categories. Each category is broken down into two focus points, allowing for a nuanced look at performance where 1 is the lowest score and 5 is the highest. 

Scale rating 

1. Interaction and User Experience 

  • Ease of Start and Clarity: Was it clear how to start using the AI Assistant and what it was designed to do?
    • Score: [1 - 5]
  • Interactivity and Engagement: How engaging and interactive was the AI Assistant during your interaction?
    • Score: [1 - 5]

2. Accuracy and Reliability

  • Accuracy of Responses: How accurate and appropriate were the AI Assistant’s responses to your questions?
    • Score: [1 - 5]
  • Consistency Across Interactions: How consistent were the responses across similar or repeated interactions?
    • Score: [1 - 5]

3. Safety and Risk Management

  • Effectiveness of Guardrails: How effectively did the AI handle edge cases, misuse, or off-scope requests?
    • Score: [1 - 5]
  • Appropriateness of Language/Tone: How professional was the language, including in difficult or sensitive situations?
    • Score: [1 - 5]

Learning Activities Used

Peer Review

Stimulate lifelong learning with peer feedback

In this activity

  • The activity centers on peer review of Custom GPTs / AI Assistants created by fellow students, guiding reviewers to assess user experience, reliability, safety, and prompt engineering quality.
  • The activity promotes AI literacy by requiring students to systematically test AI Assistants across both intended use cases and edge cases, strengthening understanding of limitations, reliability, and boundary-setting.
  • A structured scale rating is added supporting evaluation of core AI design principles, including clarity of purpose, scope control, user guidance, reliability, and safety in prompt engineering.
  • Students submit their AI Assistant as a group but complete peer reviews individually; this setup can be adjusted to fit your course structure.
  • Both submitter and reviewer anonymity are enabled to encourage honest, constructive feedback, though these settings can be modified if preferred.
  • Feedback-on-feedback is enabled, allowing students to evaluate the usefulness of the comments they receive and promote more meaningful peer dialogue.

Notable settings

Anonymity
Reflection
Grading

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