Peer-to-peer guidance

Key to any learning experience is providing the opportunity for students to learn from each other. Below are a few examples of how this could be achieved.

This section offers ways of using digital technologies to:

• Set up online cultures of student-to-student feedback and peer marking
• Facilitate online sharing and commentary between student research / project groups
• Allow students to annotate and edit each other’s work (ethically)
• Enable co-produced online outputs

Tips and tools for using digital technologies to provide opportunities for students to learn from one another.

• Create an informal social space for student-to-student comment within Microsoft Teams (see also section 2 - 'Creating a Digital Community') or design learning activities that privilege peer-to-peer feedback in this space
  • Overview of MS Teams  
  • Downloading the Teams desktop app 
  • How to work with channels (including private channels) within a team 
  • How to start a group chat in MS Teams 
  • How to add / remove people to a chat 
  • Using video calls in Chat 

• Use OneNote Class Notebook to host a collaboration space for peer-to-peer activity
  • Overview of OneNote Class Notebook 
  • Using OneNote Class Notebook within Microsoft Teams 
  • Class Notebook for Students in Teams 

• Offer the opportunity for students from previous module / programme cohorts to mentor and offer support to the current cohort, using guest access to discussion fora in the KLE, or adding mentors to Microsoft Teams channels.
  • How to start a group chat in MS Teams 
  • How to add / remove people to a chat 
  • How to work with channels (including private channels) within a team 

• Add Student Voice Reps to the online cohorts above, either as observers of active participants, to encourage more inclusive and authentic student voice and feedback on programmes

• Set up assignments (see sections 7 and 9) that stipulate or encourage peer-to-peer feedback on digital outputs, artefacts, projects
  • Overview of OneNote Class Notebook 
  • Class Notebook for Students in Teams 
  • Overview of MS Teams  
  • How to work with channels (including private channels) within a team 

• Take a look at Enhancing Student Engagement with Live Sessions, an online guide by Dr Rafe Hallett, Director, KIITE and Catherine Chambers, Head of Digital Education, KIITE
  Including:
  • Practical tips on increasing participation in live sessions