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A new external Peer Review tool has been added to the MyUni ecosystem to support the development of evaluative judgement.

The Peer Review tool enables instructors to create assignments for students to provide peer feedback on deliverables. The tool structures and streamlines the process of students reviewing their peers’ work.

The tool is also supports the development of Graduate Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence: students are self-aware and reflective, they have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback in relation to a set of objective criteria.

What is evaluative judgement?

Evaluative judgement is defined as . (Tai, et al 2018) The development of evaluative judgement is deemed to assist students to overcome the gap between their own their own work as novices and the standard that they are aiming to achieve to become effective practitioners. Ìý

Reviewing and making evaluative judgements about the work of others is a powerful learning activity and develops skills that are highly regarded in the workplace (Tai et al, 2018).

The explicit focus upon evaluative judgement allows students to focus upon what constitutes quality in their own work. Students recognise the value of peer review, with one stating "Once I peer reviewed other's work it made it easier to criticise my own work against the rubric."Ìý – ³ÉÈË´óƬ Bachelor of Animal Science student.

The FeedbackFruit Peer Review tool integrates with MyUni (Canvas) to enable instructors to allocate a diverse range of artefacts for review, including essays, reports, posters, videos, presentations and even performances, thus providing a rich assessment experiences for students.

It is possible to set up a peer review activity with timelines, instructions, and review criteria, and then track students’ progress through each stage of the task. Students can submit the task, provide de-identified feedback on their peers’ work, and then reflect on the standard of their own work, using the same criteria to make changes before final submission.

This tool enables student to develop and demonstrate:

• the ability to bridge the gap between their own learning as a novice and the standard required to become an effective practitionerÌý
• self-awareness and reflective practiceÌý
• evaluative judgement and the capacity to give and receive constructive feedbackÌý
• the ability to evaluate another’s work and their own according to a set of objective criteria

Rather than being passive recipients of feedback, explicitly incorporating peer review into course work enables students to become active agents of their own learning. However, it is important to note that use of Peer Review does not form a substitute for marking and feedback from an experienced practitioner.

Goal

The goal for the use of the Peer Review tool is to support the development of evaluative judgement. The goal is achieved by improving the ability for students to give and receive feedback by explicitly focussing on the pedagogical approach of peer review activities within courses and programs of study.