ERIC Number: ED662172
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
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Better Organization or a Source of Distraction? Introducing Digital Peer Feedback to a Paper-Based Classroom
Amy Shannon; Alex Sciuto; Danielle Hu; Steven P. Dow; Jessica Hammer
Grantee Submission, Paper presented at CHI 2017 (Denver, CO, May 6-11, 2017)
Peer feedback is a central activity for project-based design education. The prevalence of devices carried by students and the emergence of novel peer feedback systems enables the possibility of collecting and sharing feedback immediately between students during class. However, pen and paper is thought to be more familiar, less distracting for students, and easier for instructors to implement and manage. To evaluate the efficacy of in-class digital feedback systems, we conducted a within-subjects study with 73 students during two weeks of a game design course. After short student presentations, while instructors provided verbal feedback, peers provided feedback either on paper or through a device. The study found that both methods yielded comments of similar quality and quantity, but the digital approach provided additional ways for students to participate and required less effort from the instructors. While both methods produced similar behaviors, students held inaccurate perceptions about their behavior with each method. We discuss design implications for technologies to support in-class feedback exchange. [This paper was published in: "CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems," ACM, 2017, pp. 5545-5555.]
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Science Foundation (NSF)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B150008; 1122206; 1122320