Learning journey

Self-assessment for learner engagement

Increase learner engagement with self-assessment

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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:

Promote student autonomy

As students are actively involved in building the syllabus, they feel more motivated to actively take charge of their learning and development.

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Empower meaningful interactions

With plenty of opportunities for interactions such as online discussion, active class meetings, group work, and syllabus development, students can engage in meaningful interactions with peers and teachers.

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Promote an inclusive, safe learning environment

Stating the diversity statement right at the beginning of the course signals to students that instructors truly care about every learner, which makes students feel safe and welcome.

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Activity setup

Activity steps

Self-assessment for learner engagement

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Activity steps

Step 1: Provide detailed instructions on assignments for students

Instructors set up detailed instructions in the Peer Review tool, detailing the requirements for the assignment and important deadlines. Written documents, video, or audio files can be added to the instructions to provide more explanations. Students read the instructions and discuss their questions with instructors during an in-class session.

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Step 2: Students work on the first draft

Students work on the first draft of the assignment (e.g. research paper, essay, report, etc.) based on the given instructions and using a highly detailed grading rubric, where each assessment criterion is broken down into multiple levels of mastery, each with a clear, pre-defined description provided by the instructor.

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Step 3: Students review peers' work

Students upload their first draft to the Peer Review tool, where they need to review their peers’ deliverables based on an instructor-designed rubric.

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Step 4: Students receive personalized feedback

Instructors can also choose to enable the Feedback Coach feature, which generates instant, formative AI-powered feedback on technical aspects of students’ writing, such as spelling, grammar, structure, and more. This further helps students to improve their work later on.

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Step 5: Instructors give feedback

Instructors provide feedback on students’ first drafts. Thanks to the personalized feedback stage, instructors can have more time to emphasize higher-order aspects of students’ writing, such as reasoning or argumentation.