Six Ways to Reshape Your Feedback and Increase Student Engagement
Earle Abrahamson, Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Sports Therapy at the University of East London (UK), has been using Turnitin Feedback Studio to provide feedback to his students on their written work for several years. In 2015, he was honoured with a Turnitin Global Innovation Award for his resourceful approach in using technology to model good academic writing practice for his students.
In early 2020, as schools and universities all over the world scrambled to make the switch to online learning environments, Earle was already well-versed in using digital feedback tools. This meant he had a strong advantage over many educators who were hurriedly learning a new skill set, plus his students were also already very comfortable learning and receiving feedback digitally. Nevertheless, like many educators from around the world, Earle needed to refine his practices to ensure the digital feedback he was giving his students was effective and useful. He also deeply wanted to ensure that his feedback was appropriate and reflected the unique and unprecedented situation in which the academic world found itself.
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