Course Syllabus

Enhancing Learning through Formative Feedback

 Course Author: Kelli Kelsoe

E-mail: kelsoek@castleberryisd.net

 Twitter: @kelsoek

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This online, self-paced, professional learning course will provide teachers with a better understanding of formative feedback and how to effectively provide feedback through Canvas learning management system as well as blogging.

Environment and Materials

This course will be a competency-based online course.

Participant Resources

• Laptop or iPad with Internet Access
• Login to Canvas
• Google Account
• Access to subject curriculum/guiding documents

Purpose

Based on the BrightBytes survey, only 20% of teachers surveyed ask students to give feedback to each other. Additionally, the survey indicated that 66% of teachers surveyed say they have never had students receive feedback from someone other than their teacher. However, feedback from the teacher is crucial to learning as well. The new T-Tess appraisal system includes this critical component on the scoring rubric. In order to score above proficient on Dimension 2.5, teachers must  provide academic feedback as they monitor and adjust student progress through the course of the year. Through Canvas, the teacher has the ability to provide feedback on assignments as they are grading, allowing students to instantly receive feedback in order to refine their work.

Format

This course is a competency-based course, which requires implementation and reflection of learned strategies. The format will be delivered in two parts: online modules and reflection of implementation. The first part of the training will be online. Participants will be given a three-day window to complete the online modules. The electronic resources will be made available through Canvas, the district’s learning management system (LMS). The content will guide the participant through the learning process of providing formative feedback. The information in the modules will be available for reference after the initial phase of the training.

Learning Expectations 

​This online course will allow teachers to investigate best practices for providing formative feedback on student assignments. In addition, teachers will learn about the importance of having students provide feedback to each other. As a result, teachers will create a lesson where the use of feedback is a viable piece of the instruction that allows student to refine their work prior to final submission. Upon completion of the course, teachers will have a better understanding of how effective formative feedback enhances student learning.

Goals and Objectives

1. Learner will be able to provide effective formative feedback to students.
1. Learner will understand the importance of formative feedback.
2. Learner will describe best practices of providing feedback to students.
3. Learner will demonstrate how to use the comments and video feedback tools in SpeedGrader.
4. Learner will demonstrate how to use Crockodoc features in SpeedGrader when a Word document is submitted for an assignment.
2. Learner will be able to implement the use of feedback to enhance learning.
1. Learner will create a rubric to establish criteria for effective student-to-student feedback.
2. Learner will demonstrate an understanding of how students can use peer reviews within Canvas to provide feedback to other students.
3. Learner will design a lesson activity to use in the first six weeks of school that allows for formative feedback from the teacher, student, or both through Canvas.

Assessment

Performance assessments based on assignment and discussion rubrics will be used throughout the course to make sure the user understands each major concept as it is presented to them. The learner will transfer what was learned in the session to an applicable blended learning activity for their classroom and share this activity with others in the course through a final reflection discussion thread.

Module 1 – Discussion Rubric, Google Slide Presentation, and Course Rubric for Final Canvas Portfolio

Module 2 – Discussion Rubric

Module 3 – Assignment Rubric

Module 4 – Assignment Rubrics or checklists for completed tasks

Module 5– Assignment Rubric

Module 6 – Discussion Rubric and Google Form Reflection

Module 7 – Discussion Rubric, Assignment Rubric, Canvas Collaboration Reflection

Module 8 – Discussion Rubric, Canvas Chat, Canvas Collaboration, Assignment Rubric

Module 9 – Assignment Rubrics, Google Form Reflection

Module 10 – Assignment Rubric

Modules

Modules	Task Description	How Assessed	Points
Module 1 - What is formative feedback?			10 pts
Module 2 - Feedback Best Practices			10 pts
Module 3 - Establish Criteria Using Rubrics			10 pts
Module 4 - Teacher Providing Feedback through SpeedGrader			10 pts
Module 5 - Teacher Providing Feedback through Google Comments and Crockadoc			10 pts
Module 6 - Students Providing Feedback Through Canvas Peer Reviews			10 pts
Module 7 - Implementation of Using Feedback to Enhance Learning			10 pts
Module 8 - Reflection and Evaluation			10 pts

 

Course Evaluation

A quick instructor feedback form will be completed at the conclusion of the lesson. If the teachers respond with mostly positive feedback, then the course author and instructor will know the instructional design was effective.  

Timeframe 

This online course is a competency-based, self-paced course to be completed over a three day period with implementation of learned instructional strategies during the first six weeks of school.