Feedback, Voice, and AI in the Writing Classroom (Teaching in Higher Ed #630)

Anna Mills describes the Peer and AI Review plus Reflection (PAIRR) project from UC Davis, which layers AI-generated feedback alongside peer review and student reflection so that writers stay the audience and AI stays a tool. The episode covers how to prompt AI feedback toward human readers rather than rubric-checking, how to build contradictory-feedback exercises that teach students to question authoritative-sounding AI, and what the MLA task force is asking learning-management-system vendors to do about agentic browsers that auto-complete coursework.

Task

Writing

Time

45 min

Level

intermediate

Cost

Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.

Tools

ChatGPT, MyEssayFeedback.ai

Published

2026-07-09

Voice

Bonni Stachowiak — The best on-ramp for a non-technical instructor who wants to hear another named human describe exactly what they tried in a real course last term.