Priyanka Pereira is a post-doctoral researcher and teacherĀ in ELAN (Section of Teacher Development) at the University of Twente.Ā Her research interests include teacher professional development in higher education, such as the use of peer feedback activities and the application of learning analytics and artificial intelligence.Ā As a project leader in Npuls (the Dutch National Growth Fund programmeĀ for tertiary education), she is responsible for the development and dissemination of the best practices for the implementation of learning analytics.Ā She is also part of the 4TU.Centre for Engineering Education team at the University of Twente, supporting and contributing to the Centreās main themes and conducting related research.
Priyanka has previously obtained a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy in India and a Master's degree in Educational Science and Technology at the University of Twente.Ā Her PhD research focussed on optimizing the effectiveness of peer feedback in higher education.Ā Prior to starting her PhD trajectory, she worked as an Instructional Designer and Educational Consultant for 10 years.
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Priyanka'sĀ wrote her doctoral dissertation on Optimizing the Effectiveness of Peer Feedback in Higher Education. During her PhD trajectory, her research focused on the factors that influence the effect of peer feedback in higher education. The investigation started with a meta-analysis of the effect of peer feedback on the academic achievement of STEM higher education students. The meta-analysis included 75 primary studies to find the summary effect size. The study also included a number of moderator analyses designed to investigate the influence of intervention characteristics on the effect of peer feedback. After the meta-analysis, the M-PerFeCt questionnaire was developed and validated to assess higher education studentsā motivation in a peer feedback context. The questionnaire was validated in two forms ā pre-activity and post-activity ā and each form was developed in two languages ā English and Dutch. Once the questionnaire was ready, it was used to evaluate the relationship between higher education students' motivation in a peer feedback context (as well as their academic ability) and their perception and use of the peer feedback they received. Finally, the pre-activity questionnaire was used to identify higher education studentsā motivational profiles in a peer feedback context, and higher education teachers and a peer feedback expert were consulted to develop strategies to improve studentsā motivation in a peer feedback context.
Priyanka's current research is centred around learning analytics and artificial intelligence in education. As the project leader of the Best and Worst Practices Learning Analytics team in the Pilot Hub on Study Data and AI at Npuls, she not only is involved in the development of the best practices for learning analytics, but also is exploring teachers' and students' opinions on the collection and processing of their data for the purpose of learning analytics.
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Courses academic year 2024/2025
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Courses academic year 2023/2024
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