Teacher Spotlight

Prof. Vincent Hui
Associate Professor
Ryerson University
Class Size: 20

Dr. Hui, a numerous teaching award winning professor from Ryerson University, is known to employ proven teaching pedagogies in his courses. Professor Hui knew that peer-review or peer-instruction would enable his students to give and receive constructive criticism and learn from another. However, he did not have a tool that would easily enable this for his students.

How Prof. Hui Used SharpScholar

In order to teach his students how to evaluate portfolios, Professor Hui uploaded sample portfolio documents (pdfs) onto SharpScholar and walked them through the portfolio evaluation process.

Furthermore, he used SharpScholar’s annotation tools to mark up the portfolio with his critique. Next, Professor Hui had each of his students upload their portfolios onto SharpScholar and then critique three of their classmate’s portfolios.

As a result, students were able to learn how the differentiate between good and bad portfolios and do peer-evaluation on other portfolios. 

Teaching Pedagogies used by Prof. Hui

Peer Assessment

With peer assessment students assess their peers, based on a rubric or after observing a teacher’s sample assessment. When you implement peer
assessment, it is important to make sure that students understand how to evaluate the work. You can achieve this as Professor Hui did, by walking
students through a sample assessment or by laying out a clear set of objectives.

Formative Assessment

Formative assement allowed the students to review each other’s porfolios and improve their work without having to fear the grading of their work.

Successful Outcomes

Students Gained Critical Feedback

Students were equiped with valuable feedback – from the teacher and the peers – to improve their portfolios for future employers.

Actionable Teacher Insights

Prof. Hui was equipped with valuable student insights to personalize his teaching according to student’s needs.

Higher and Deeper Learning for Students

Everyone in the classroom was able to engage in deeper learning with the help of SharpScholar as a enabling technology.