A practical guide to giving effective feedback
Workshop details
2025-26 dates
Thursday 29 January, 10.00-13.00 (in person)
Friday 27 March, 10.00-13.00 (in person)
Friday 22 May, 10.00-13.00 (in person)
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have:
- Identified characteristics of good quality feedback;
- Compared and contrasted a range of different feedback and assessment methods;
- Built up a repertoire of feedback strategies to use within their own teaching;
- Learnt to identify the challenges that feedback presents and considered ways of overcoming these challenges.
Tutor
Dr Monika Pazio Rossiter
Administrative Enquiries
Suyane Beasley edudevcourses@ic.ac.uk
Who should attend?
This workshop is designed for staff who teach students and provide feedback on their progress and performance, for example, feedback on class quizzes, lab practicals, coursework, draft essays and online self-tests. In particular, this workshop is for staff who are new to teaching, and for those who want to review their existing ways of providing feedback.
The session addresses a range of issues related to feedback, that is: effectiveness of different modes of feedback, student expectations from feedback, approaches to giving feedback and encouraging students to engage fully make use of feedback.
Key areas
- The purpose of feedback in learning
- Principles of effective feedback
- Methods of giving feedback
- Ways of engaging students into feedback
Imperial STAR framework
This workshop is particularly suitable for those seeking recognition at D1 or D2 level of the Imperial STAR Framework. It addresses the following dimensions of the Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023): A2, A3, A4, K1, K2, K4, K5, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5.
