Written and verbal feedback:

While written feedback follows the traditional steps of feedback on learners, verbal feedback could be a little bit tricky in hybrid classrooms. Verbal feedback through digital platforms has its own cons and pros:

• Sitting in the comfortable and familiar place of the learner’s choice makes receiving feedback easier.
• Limiting the view to the digital platform’s rectangular could cause misreading the gestures which makes 80% of the transfer of the mood – and without cameras this is even harder.

To handle the digital situation, we suggest the following points to be considered in a feedback session for students:

• Start with small talk to set the mood so that the learner gets to know that it is a friendly and safe environment.
• Use of positive words instead of conflict arisings, have a “looking forward” perspective.
• Recognise possible miscommunication rather than blaming the learner to protect them from getting defensive.

Examples could be:

• While you reflect on an interesting point of view, we were looking for something else in this course – have you thought about..?.
• We wish for more clear data on this assignment, could you please elaborate this?
• Maybe the assignment was not clear enough and that caused you to be redirected to another subject than what we wanted to focus on. Let’s take another look at the assignment and talk about what it entails.

Peer Feedback

Peer feedback is a strong tool for helping learners evolve if their knowledge is transferable enough. With peer review, learners with considerably the same level of knowledge participate in an active evaluation of each other’s knowledge that not only makes them repeat the material but also to get a look on other classmates point of view on the same subject. Trainers can encourage peer feedback by incorporating activities such as peer review sessions, group discussions, or collaborative projects where students provide feedback to their peers. This promotes active engagement and fosters a sense of community in the classroom.

Self-Assessment

One method to make the learners better understand the assignment is to encourage them to engage in self-assessment by reflecting on their own learning progress, strengths, and areas for improvement. Trainers can provide guidance on self-assessment techniques and strategies for setting and achieving learning goals, while learners can reflect on each assignment or the whole course by following the steps or by understanding the important points of the assignment and reflecting on their own understanding of it.

Rubrics, checklists, forums, and surveys

Developing clear rubrics and checklists outlining expectations for assignments, assessments, and projects can help the learners to evaluate their own assignments by checkpointing each important part.

On the other hand, implementing feedback forms or surveys provides both learners and trainers with a tool to gather input from other students about their learning experiences, preferences, and areas where they may need additional support.