Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals
What You'll Learn
- How to break out of "Feedback Ruts"
- How to address vague feedback, biased feedback, and "noisy" feedback
- How to help people (including yourself) develop effective "self-feedback" systems and strategies
4 Modules
16 Hours
4 hrs per module (approx.)
Rating
About Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals
What if you could become really good at both giving and receiving feedback? Imagine the effect that would have on your overall development, as well as on the various relationships you have in both your professional and personal life. Your ability to grow and improve would expand dramatically. So would the positive impact you could have on the people with whom you interact and collaborate the most.
This first course in the four-part specialization “Feedback Loops: How to Give & Receive High-Quality Feedback" will help you reap those benefits.
Skills You'll Gain
- Communication Strategies
- Constructive Feedback
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Leadership
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion:
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Welcome Message
Welcome to Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals, the first course in the Feedback Loops: How to Give and Receive High-Quality Feedback specialization. This course helps you build practical skills for giving, receiving, and using feedback to improve performance and relationships. You will learn structured tools to assess progress, reduce blind spots, and create effective self-feedback systems that support continuous personal and professional growth.
This abbreviated syllabus description was created with the help of AI tools and reviewed by staff. The full syllabus is available to those who enroll in the course.
Course Schedule
Module 1: Feedback Deserts
- Video: Feedback Deserts
- Reading: Meet Professor Barry
- Reading: Teaching Style
- Reading: Syllabus: Feedback Fundamentals
- Reading: Pre-Course Feedback
- Video: Feedback Lab: Feedback Ruts
- Reading: Feedback Lab: Feedback Ruts
- Reading: Introduction to the Gamut Workbook Tool
- App Item: Feedback Lab: Feedback Ruts
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 1
- Reading: Feedback Secrets: Giving Feedback
- Discussion Prompt: Feedback Secrets: Giving Feedback
- Video: Vague Feedback
- Video: Direct, Specific, Behavioral
- Video: Keep/Cut
- Reading: Essentialism
- Video: Payoff and Prepwork
- Video: Internal Impact
- Video: Feedback Lab: Gems and Junk
- Reading: Feedback Lab: Gems and Junk
- App Item: Feedback Lab: Gems and Junk
- Reading: Edit Our Edits
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 2
- Reading: Glad-Wish-Never
- Discussion Prompt: Glad-Wish-Never
- Discussion Prompt: Recap
Module 2: E-D-I-T
- Video: E-D-I-T
- Video: Blue Ocean
- Video: E-R-R-C-->E-D-I-T
- Reading: Need to Be Said? By Me? Right Now?
- Video: Eliminate
- Video: Decrease
- Video: Increase
- Video: Try
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 1
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 2
- Discussion Prompt: Feedback Secrets: Receiving Feedback
- Video: Feedback Lab: À La Carte
- Reading: Feedback Lab: À La Carte
- App Item: Feedback Lab: À La Carte
- Reading: Highlight Reels
- Discussion Prompt: Highlight Reels
- Discussion Prompt: Recap
Module 3: Self-Assessments, Self-Delusion
- Video: Self-Assessment, Self-Delusion
- Video: Feedback Lab: Lake Wobegon (Overview)
- Video: Feedback Lab: Lake Wobegon (Health)
- Video: Feedback Lab: Lake Wobegon (Education)
- Reading: Feedback Lab: Lake Wobegon ("Write What You Value" and "Film Session")
- App Item: Feedback Lab: Lake Wobegon ("Write What You Value" and "Film Session")
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 1
- Reading: "Self-Feedback: Pause Practice"
- App Item: Interactive Experience: Pause Practice
- Reading: Alternative Activity: Pause Practice
- Reading: Post-Experience Survey Opportunity
- Graded Assignment: Takeaways: Pause Practice
- Reading: Quiz Quest
- Discussion Prompt: Quiz Quest
- Video: Challenge and Recovery
- Video: Calendar Coding
- Video: Feedback Friction
- Video: Feedback Lab: Red Days vs. Blue Days
- Reading: Feedback Lab: Red Days vs. Blue Days
- App Item: Feedback Lab: Red Days vs. Blue Days
- Reading: Remote Feedback: Fundamentals
- Discussion Prompt: Remote Feedback: Fundamentals
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 2
- Discussion Prompt: Recap
Module 4: Noise Pollution
- Video: Noise Pollution
- Video: Bias, Noise, and Dart Boards
- Video: Noisy Judgments, Major Damage
- Video: Personality Change
- Video: Under Performance
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 1
- Reading: Competence and Warmth
- Discussion Prompt: Competence and Warmth
- Reading: Avoid/Include
- Discussion Prompt: Performance Reviews: Avoid
- Discussion Prompt: Performance Reviews: Include
- Video: Feedback Lab: Decision Hygiene
- Reading: Feedback Lab: Decision Hygiene
- App Item: Feedback Lab: Decision Hygiene
- Graded Assignment: Low-Stakes Practice 2
- Discussion Prompt: Recap
- Reading: Post-Course Survey
Grading Policy
Successful completion of all required assessments results in a passing grade. Learners must earn an overall score of 80% or higher to pass the course. Final grades are based on cumulative performance across four module reviews worth 25% each.
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Beginner Level
No prior experience required
