Annotation in Teaching and Learning

In this audio interview, annotation scholar Remi Kalir defines annotation, outlines how it partners with reading to construct knowledge, and shares strategies for using annotation, especially collaborative or social annotation, as a teaching method.

One annotation strategy that Remi Kalir recommends is to ask students to collaboratively annotate your syllabus. Doing so can reveal to you how your students are thinking about your course and provide students a way to see themselves as active participants in the course.

This blog post outlines a variety of ways to engage students in collaborative annotations of course texts, including audio and video. Included are suggestions for getting students started with annotation and structures for ensuring students are making different "moves" when annotating.

This panel moderated by Robin DeRosa and hosted by the annotation tool Hypothesis features a trio of instructors who combine collaborative annotation with open educational resources.

With the advent of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, many instructors are shifting their instruction focus from the output of student work to the process of student work. This article describes five ways that annotation can be used to support and enhance that process approach.