Learning journey

AI-assisted writing assignment

Design quality writing assignments that promote critical thinking and written communication skills

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Pedagogy

Assessment

Learning outcome

Prep time

Intermediate (10-30 min)

Activity type

Learning Journey

Why this learning journey?

Learning journeys are multi-step course templates based on active learning for different target learning outcomes. This journey will help you with:

Stimulate multiple feedback opportunities

This journey allows for incorporating feedback at different layers (self, peer and group) that initiate meaningful interactions, engagement, and critical thinking. Instructors also save plenty of time in activity set-up and feedback distribution.

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Train problem-solving

Receiving continuous feedback and having to decide on which comments to act on allows students to develop critical analysis and problem-solving skills.

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Enhance critical writing skills

Instant, personalized, and multi-layer feedback throughout the writing process allows students to identify their strength and weaknesses, at the same time learn from their peers.

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Activity setup

Activity steps

AI-assisted writing assignment

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Activity steps

Preparation for writing

Instructors upload multimedia study materials to Interactive Study Materials tool then annotate these with question and discussion prompts. By engaging with the prompts, students gain deep understanding of the topic and better prepared to start writing. To save time, instructors can use the Engagement Assistant feature in Interactive Document (powered by AI) to create context-based open questions and discussion prompts.

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Students work on the first draft

After students have studied the materials, instructors provide detailed instructions and guidelines for the writing assignment. Once students understood the requirements, they proceed to work on the first draft using the input gained during the preparation step.

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Personalized feedback on the first draft

Students receive instant, formative feedback on technical aspects of their writing like reference styles, spelling, grammar, and more within the Automated Feedback tool.

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Peer feedback to learn from each other

‍Students also submit their 1st draft to the Peer Review tool and provide feedback on their peers’ submissions, based on a set of criteria. This step holds students responsible for their own writing.

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Revision for the second draft

Students decide on which feedback to improve on, and proceed to produce the second draft.

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Final draft submission and teacher feedback

Students improve and finalize their writing based on the feedback and teacher insights. They then submit the work and receive teacher feedback within Assignment Review tool.

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Self-reflection

Students reflect on the entire writing process, what feedback was useful to them and which feedback they decided not to implement and why. This can help with their self-regulatory learning, and reflect on how they took action, what they want to improve and how. This step can be added easily using the Self Assessment tool.