Online workshop: Feedback is important, but feedforward is essential

Description: Most educators are in the habit of providing students with some kind of feedback on their work and contributions in class. However, there is a big difference between giving feedback on what has happened and making it useful and relevant as a tool for improving students’ performance in future learning activities. Feedforward adds key elements to traditional feedback so it is future-oriented and an active element in improving students’ performance.

This session will explain what feedforward is, and underline why it is a vital companion to feedback. We will show participants how to incorporate feedback when teaching in any subject.

Trainer: Jon Wright, teacher trainer, educational consultant, exam writer and examiner with over 35 years of experience. He has written over 20 course books and resource books for publishers such as Oxford University Press. Heinle, DELTA publishing, dtv, Cornelsen and HarperCollins Cobuild. Research interests include active learning, innovative teaching methods, learner independence, materials design and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL).

Registration link: https://forms.gle/pf7VAe7Pyw8mWEAs5

Max. number of participants: 30

The meeting link will be provided by the University of Padua.