FeedbackFruits is a suite of assignment tools that provide students with opportunities to give and receive feedback related to a range of assessment activities.
Some of the most useful functions that complete Moodle as an online learning environment includes
The Peer Feedback Assignment structures the process of students reviewing works submitted by other students.
The Group Member Evaluation Assignment structures the process of students giving feedback about other group members. This tool streamlines the way students assess their peers’ collaboration skills. The teacher specifies by which criteria students evaluate their peers’ contribution to group work. Additionally, teachers can require students to elaborate, by commenting on the feedback they provide their peers, thereby combining quantitative and qualitative feedback.
Further tools are available in FeedbackFruits, such as Assignment Feedback, Comprehension, Group Member Evaluation, Interactive Audio, Interactive Document, Interactive Video, and Skill Feedback. You can visit the FeedbackFruits Tool Suite for more information.
In 2020, Monash has piloted FeedbackFruits to support assessment, feedback and interactivity in some units. Dr Jess Co from Management had a successful initial pilot in her unit MGC1010 in S1 and S2 2020. And she presented her experience in the showcase webinar organised by MEI. It encourages more academics to join the trial. In S2 2020, Jessica Fritz and Holly Dillabough successfully adopted the Group Member Evaluation tool in their unit BEX5200. Their assessments provide students with a chance to learn how to give, receive and react on constructive feedback on their communication and teamwork skills.
For teachers, Group Member Evaluation provides insights into the collaborative process, thereby tackling the problem of free-riding. Peer-assessment is crucial to develop students' empowerment, confidence, and the ability to self-evaluate and reflect. On the other hand, Group Member Evaluation provides teachers insights into the collaborative process, thereby tackling the problem of free-riding. Peer-assessment is crucial to develop students' empowerment, confidence, and the ability to self-evaluate and reflect.
As Monash might stop paying for the similar tool CATME in the future, FeedbackFruits might be a good choice to continue doing peer evaluation and feedback in student group work. If you are interested in that as well, please feel free to get in touch with us, and we can have a chat. Here is a presentation recording of our colleague Jess with about her journey with the Feedback Fruits Group Member Evaluation tool.
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