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Social annotation and peer review technologies boost online collaboration
Gunderson said that, in early use of FeedbackFruits at Cornell, 92% of faculty found it easier to facilitate peer review assignments, which can be cumbersome to administer, especially in large classes.
Exploring innovative tools for learning & teaching
Dr Susy Macqueen found setting up the activity straightforward and intuitive, and she intends to explore other FeedbackFruits tools with her undergraduate and postgraduate student cohorts.
We used the tool FeedbackFruits to make this interactive: when the podcast paused, students typed their answer directly in a text field. The different exercises were introduced with different animations to make students aware of the particular skill they were practicing.
Authentic online assessment: strategy, innovation and management
We found that configuring and utilising Feedback Fruits so that students could respond to the feedback they received from their peers helpful here, in that a dialogue was created between students regarding improving their teamworking abilities based on feedback given and received.
In general, the peer reviews given by students were constructive and high quality. The activity provided two-way learning, and there was an overall improvement in the final reports. Students reported that conducting peer reviews led to improvements in their own writing.