Use online peer feedback platforms and supports to address offline peer feedback limitations¶

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Evidence · 5 claims (5 for) · 1 study (1 review), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The review recommends leveraging online platforms and instructional supports when implementing peer feedback, because online settings address limitations of offline practice. It states that "online platforms, such as Peergrade, FeedbackFruits, and Eli Review, could provide students with greater flexibility to engage in the feedback process without any limitation on time and location" and that online platforms can "integrate diverse instructional supports (e.g., scripting and guidance) tailored for specific courses, tasks, or student needs." The digital environment also streamlines the process and alleviates teacher workload, especially in larger class sizes.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Implementation requires suitable online platforms or tools (e.g., blogs, discussion boards, collaborative writing software, peer feedback tools) and instructional supports such as scripting, guidance, rubrics, or training

Constraints¶

• The review notes online settings make it challenging to convey emotions and tone, asynchronous communication can delay feedback, and anonymity can lead to non-specific feedback due to lack of accountability

Target Learners¶

• higher education students

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving feedback quality and student engagement in peer feedback

Claims¶

• Cognitive feedback comments were the most frequently identified content in online peer feedback studies [+W]
• Only six reviewed studies combined peer feedback with feedback from other sources [+W]
• Most studies used online peer feedback to improve students' task performance [+W]
• Rubrics and training were the most frequently implemented presentation modes of online peer feedback [+W]
• Fewer than a quarter of studies evaluated student characteristics, with ability level and gender most explored [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Xingshi Gao, Omid Noroozi, Judith Gulikers, Harm J.A. Biemans, Seyyed Kazem Banihashem. (2024). A systematic review of the key components of online peer feedback practices in higher education. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100588