Enhancing feedback in higher education: Students’ attitudes towards online and in-class formative assessment feedback models

This article explores the efficacy of formative assessment feedback models in higher education. Over 1 year and two courses, three feedback techniques were trialled: staff-to-student feedback in class, peer-to-peer feedback in class and peer-to-peer feedback online, via the Café, an e-learning application hosted by Facebook. Every 2 weeks, students were required to bring work-in-progress to tutorial classes and discuss their work with their...