Feedback Students Will Actually Use
Why This Learning Experience?
This self-paced professional learning experience is designed by an experienced educator to help you learn on your own schedule. Participants complete practical activities, connect ideas to real classroom practice, and build confidence through application-focused learning — with instant, auto-graded feedback along the way.
Learning Experience Overview
Feedback can be one of the most powerful tools for learning—but only when students understand it and have an opportunity to use it. In this practical one-hour professional learning course, educators explore how to move beyond vague praise, overwhelming comments, and feedback that arrives with nowhere for the learner to go.
Participants learn the Notice → Focus → Next framework for creating feedback that recognizes progress, prioritizes the most important area for improvement, and gives learners a clear next action. The course also explores feedback loops, efficient feedback practices, and responsible ways educators can use AI to assist with feedback while maintaining professional judgment.
Through interactive scenarios and a self-graded application activity, participants practice transforming everyday feedback into information students can understand and use.
Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish between feedback that supports learning and comments that primarily evaluate performance.
- Identify characteristics of effective, actionable feedback.
- Connect feedback to learning goals and success criteria.
- Prioritize feedback so students are not overwhelmed by too many comments at once.
- Write feedback that tells learners what is working, what needs attention, and what they can do next.
- Design opportunities for students to respond to and use feedback.
- Apply efficient feedback strategies that are manageable for educators.
- Use AI appropriately to assist with feedback while maintaining educator judgment and protecting student privacy.
Who Should Participate?
This course is designed for educators who provide feedback on student learning, including:
- K–12 teachers
- Special education teachers
- Online and hybrid educators
- Higher education faculty
- Instructional coaches
- Interventionists
- Career and technical education instructors
- Instructional designers
- School leaders supporting instructional practice
- Other education professionals involved in teaching, assessment, or student learning
The strategies can be adapted across grade levels, subject areas, and instructional settings.
