In recent years, academic and practitioner attention to improving attainment as a result of feedback, as well as satisfaction with it, has led to
a conceptualisation of feedback that considers learners’ active role in
making feedback processes effective. This has led to interest in ‘feedback
literacy’ or what learners need for productive feedback use. Engagement
in peer feedback practices is believed to enhance some aspects of feedback literacy, namely, the ability to make evaluative judgements about
work quality. However, based on evidence from a qualitative study with
14 undergraduates at a South Korean university, this paper argues that
technology-mediated peer feedback practices can also support learners
in navigating processes involved in feedback uptake. Results indicate
that online feedback dialogues helped learners better understand and
co-develop actionable feedback points and process some of the
socio-affective and relational aspects of feedback engagement. The technology could also mediate multiple, recursive task-oriented discussions
over space and time in emergent collaborative learning spaces. The
results provide evidence for a new understanding of technology-mediated
dialogic peer feedback as an online community practice and have implications for practitioners working in online and blended conditions.