- When asking students to give each other feedback, a safe learning climate is crucial¹. Discuss this climate with students: what do they feel comfortable with? In doing so, take into account the cultural differences of your students. One idea is to anonymize the submissions or feedback providers.
- Giving constructive feedback is a skill that students need to develop². So here students need explicit instruction on this: how do you shape a comment, what do you pay attention to when giving feedback, and on what criteria do you give feedback?
- You can have students use the assessment matrix (rubric) of the assignment to give feedback based on this. In this way the feedback givers and receivers gain more insight into the assessment criteria of the assignment.
¹Winstone, N., & Carless, D. (2019). Designing effective feedback processes in higher education: A learning-focused approach. Routledge.
²Van Popta, E., Kral, M., Camp, G., Martens, R. L., & Simons, P. R. J. (2017). Exploring the value of peer feedback in online learning for the provider. Educational Research Review, 20, 24-34.