2 Peer assessment

In order to complete this assignment effectively you will need to identify a peer or colleague who is willing to work with you on the task. They may not have heard of TESS-India or OER, and you need to think about how you can introduce your colleague to them prior to working with you on your assignment. For example, you may wish to discuss how the TESS-India OER position teachers and teacher educators as active learners and how they bring together theory and practice to support educators in implementing active participatory approaches to learning.

• Select a TESS-India video [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]  that you might use in your own work with teachers. The videos are filmed in India and are available with commentary in English, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Bengali and Kannada. The English commentary videos with transcripts are available on YouTube.
• Write a brief paragraph of no more than 200 words using the following headings: 
  1. Title and Focus: Give the title of the video and its pedagogical focus (e.g. Talk for Learning or Using Pair Work).
  2. Key points: Give three key points that you would want a teacher or student teacher to notice, and explain why they are important. For example you might want them to notice how the teacher responds to students’ answers or how they group students.
  3. Using with teachers: How would you use this video with teachers or student teachers to support their learning about active, participatory approaches?
• Share the video you selected and your paragraph with your peer or colleague. You may prefer to play the video for them or share the URL (link) to it so they can watch it in their own time. Ask your colleague to provide you with some feedback (50–100 words) using the following questions to guide their response:
  1. Would the three key points identified help the teacher or student teacher understand how to support learning through using active participatory approaches?
  2. Are the suggestions for using the video engaging, motivating and helpful for teachers or student teachers?

• Record the feedback you received in your notebook.

If your colleague is willing, repeat the activity with the roles reversed – ask them to select and write a brief paragraph on a TESS-India video, and then provide them with feedback using the questions above to guide your response.

In your notebook, record their response and the feedback you provided.