Rules about feedback – Designing for Learning

eCoaching Tip 76 Feedback in Discussion Posts – How Soon, How Much and Wrapping Up

April 12 2010 (Reviewed July 16,2021) eCoaching Tip 76 Feedback in Discussion Posts – How Soon, How Much and Wrapping Up When do your students want feedback? When it is good to give feedback? What are the three most important purposes of feedback? These are some of the questions that faculty ask when getting together as they did in a live webinar in April of 2010. Most Pressing Question about Feedback The most pressing questions often revolve around how and when to provide feedback in the discussion postings. Student feedback suggest that this is a course area that students in general desire more feedback on earlier and more frequently. At the same time this is an area where striking an appropriate balance can be tough. Some faculty shared that they feel…

eCoaching Tip 59 “Are You Reading My Postings? Do you Know Who I am?” Simple Rules about Feedback in Online Learning

June 18, 2008; Checked April 10 2020 eCoaching Tip 59: “Are You Reading My Postings? Do you Know Who I am?” Simple Rules about Feedback in Online Learning Feedback is simple, right? It just means letting students know how they are doing in a course. However, as research is showing, getting feedback right in an online course is one of the most important determinants of student satisfaction and retention, two results that lead to overall positive feelings about a course and about an institution. How many types of feedback are there? (Lots.) When is feedback important? (Almost always.) Does feedback always have to address individual’s work or can feedback address the work of groups? (Both types can be useful.) This tip discusses the most basic of feedback — that of the…