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Fostering Feedback Partnerships with Students: Theories, Cases, and Future Directions

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Event Details

Date : 15 Oct 2025 (Wednesday)

Time : 4:00pm – 6:00pm (HK Time) / 9:00am – 11:00am (UK Time)

Online : Zoom

Speaker : Dr. Jessica To, Lecturer, TALIC, HKU

Facilitator : Dr. Mathilde Roger, Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences, Durham University (UK)

Abstract

Feedback is a powerful lever to enhance academic performance. However, National Student Surveys consistently indicate students’ disappointment with assessment and feedback. Recent empirical studies (e.g., Agricola et al., 2019; Ducasse et al., 2023; Xu, 2018) further pinpoint teachers’ lack of confidence and capabilities in engaging students meaningfully in feedback processes.

This session will target at this issue by introducing participants to feedback partnerships whereby students and teachers share power and responsibility to co-create feedback under a psychologically safe environment. The participants will learn about the theoretical foundation and implementation protocol of feedback partnerships, and will understand the affordances and constraints of partnership development. Future directions for feedback partnerships in the Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) era will be discussed.

About the Speaker

Dr. Jessica To (FHEA) is a Lecturer at Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TALIC), The University of Hong Kong. At TALIC, she is responsible for providing teacher training for new academic staff and research postgraduates, promoting collaborative online international learning and facilitating the use of GAI in teaching, learning and assessment. Her research interests lie in assessment feedback, peer and self-assessment, and dialogic use of exemplars. Her recent project investigates the effect of feedback partnerships on student feedback literacy development. Her publications appear in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Higher Education Research & Development, and Teaching & Teacher Education, etc.