Peer Feedback

With peer feedback, students give each other feedback on their written work, solutions to tasks, academic achievements, etc., using criteria which have been agreed in advance. Feedback may be given using checklists or in a more detailed form. Various scenarios are conceivable in this context, e.g. using 1:1 or 1:n reviews, anonymous or non-anonymous, etc.

Peer feedback scenarios can be extremely useful for particular learning objectives. The students engage with the assessment criteria, reflect on them and practice giving and receiving feedback. Assessing other students' work also leads to a more intensive reflection on their own work and therefore to higher quality work. In very large groups, peer feedback is sometimes used to reduce the time and effort required by the teaching staff to give feedback.

Promoting self-directed learning

Organising peer feedback scenarios is often time-consuming and labour-intensive. This makes it all the more important to have the right tools to support you. Blogs and forums offer simple options for peer feedback. In the ILIAS learning management system, peer feedback can be organised using the ‘Exercise’ object.

Important settings for ‘Exercise’ in ILIAS:

• Various submission formats: Online text, file, blog or portfolio
• Anonymous or personalised feedback
• Determination of the number of feedbacks to be given
• Definition of a criteria catalogue in various submission formats: text input, file upload, check list
• Automatic assignment of feedback recipients to feedback providers
• Overviews of submissions, feedback given, grades, etc. for all participants

• Einen ersten Einstieg in das Thema bietet das Portal e-teaching.org

• Prof. Dr. Steve Joordens (2025): Lernerlebnisse durch formatives Peer- und Self-Assessment fördern, Blogbetrag auf der Website des Hochschulforums Digitalisierung

• Eric Mazur (2017): Peer Instruction. Interaktive Lehre praktisch umgesetzt (pdf). Hrsg. von Günther Kurz u. Ulrich Harten. Springer Nature