Giving Effective Feedback to Online Learners

Providing feedback to learners is a key responsibility of educators and is critical in the learning process. Effective feedback helps learners fill the gaps in their knowledge and thinking processes and highlights areas in which the learner excels. Effective feedback is important regardless of the learning environment, but depending on the environment, the methods and processes instructors use to provide feedback to learners may change. This article discusses best practices for giving effective feedback to online learners.