Education Blog on Pedagogical Innovation

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Managing Assessments at Scale: Reflection, Feedback, and Comprehension at the Wharton School

Linda Lee of The Wharton School shared how FeedbackFruits tools were chosen to facilitate a large-enrolment course for first-year Wharton students.

10 lessons I learned from teaching online during the pandemic

HYBRID LEARNING | NEW SEMESTER

Matteo has been teaching online over the past semester, and here is what he has to share.

10 essential steps for better online course design

COURSE DESIGN

10 essential steps for better course design to help you prepare and deliver engaging materials in your hybrid and online teaching next semester.

How to Create Rubrics That Encourage Active Learning (Feedback series)

RUBRIC | ACTIVE LEARNING

This article dives into methods for creating quality rubrics that can help measure students' performance critically and effectively.

A guide to rubrics for educators (Feedback series)

FEEDBACK RUBRICS | COURSE DESIGN

In this article, we’ll dive into understanding why we use rubrics, what they really are, and how they can contribute to the student learning process.

Scaling asynchronous collaboration at Queen’s University, using Peer Review and Group Member Evaluation

ASYNCHRONOUS COLLABORATION | STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

During the 2020-2021 academic year, instructors from Queen's University implemented Peer Review and Group Member Evaluation to foster asynchronous collaboration. In this article you can find their story.

How Boston University enhanced peer feedback and engagement in a large-scale online course with FeedbackFruits Peer Review

PEER REVIEW | STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Instructors at Boston University successfully facilitated peer feedback and student engagement in large student cohort using pedagogical tools.

Automated Feedback - Opening the way to an iterative feedback system

AUTOMATED FEEDBACK | ACADEMIC WRITING

FeedbackFruits has been trying to reduce writing review time for both teachers and students by using AI. But how does this process work, and why not rely on existing programs to check our work? Read our latest article to find out.

Reduce free-riding and low-quality feedback with Participation Grading (Feedback series)

PARTICIPATION GRADING | PEER FEEDBACK

Instructors from Wageningen University came up with an innovative approach called Participation Grading - to increase the quality of peer feedback, level of participation, and offer a safe learning environment.

Foster lifelong learning with peer feedback (Feedback series)

PEER FEEDBACK | LIFELONG SKILLS

What are the key elements for effective peer feedback? And how can teachers facilitate peer feedback to support the transfer of of skills beyond the classroom? Check out this article to explore some valuable ideas for yourself.

Feedback and Universal Design for Learning (Feedback series)

MULTIMEDIA FEEDBACK | UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING

Learner variability, Universal Learning Design, and Multimedia feedback are the topics that will be discussed in the second article of the Feedback series.

Feedback: The key to better teaching and learning (Feedback series)

FEEDBACK | CONDITIONS OF FEEDBACK

In this very first article of our “Feedback series”, we will explore the concept of feedback, its benefits in teaching and learning, and the mediators for effective feedback.