Student review

About this activity

Students review their own learning either in groups or individually. This could be done as a plenary, mini-plenary or as an activity to help planning for future revision or the remainder of the course.

Example instructions for students:

Review your own learning either in a group or individually.  

Why use it

Develop feedback skills; Reflect on learning during a session.

When to use it

• During synchronous session (plenary) or as an asynchronous activity to help planning for future revision or the remainder of the course. 

Digital tools that might be used

Individually and asynchronous:

• Discussion forum post;
• journal entry (OneNote class notebook, Reflect blog, or MyPortfolio) 

In groups and synchronous:

• Breakout room discussion
• Chat 

Speed of set up time 

Varies based on tool used.

Workload

• Setting up blog or shared notebook; 
• Develop guidance or prompt questions.

Other resources

• Shared documents.

Examples of staff use

• Case study: Engaging students in active reflection as part of the academic feedback cycle
• Case study: Student Peer Evaluation: developing workplace and team-working skills

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