Feedback, Voice, and AI in the Writing Classroom with Anna Mills

Feedback, Voice, and AI in the Writing Classroom with Anna Mills

July 9, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 630

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Anna Mills discusses the importance of feedback in writing, the role of AI, and student preferences for peer and AI feedback.

Anna Mills shares Peer and AI Review and Reflection, plus a layered approach to writing feedback on episode 630 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode tag (full size, Center alignment) and any plain-text quotes, each followed by -[GUEST FULL NAME] on its own line --> My sense of the value of feedback has not changed. It’s more important than ever, more meaningful than ever, when we do have that connection through words. -Anna Mills I think overall I’ve advocated for more sort of technical support for transparency about what is AI and what is not. -Anna Mills Students preferred both the peer and the AI feedback. They did not want one or the other. -Anna Mills AI companies should be designing so that their agents don’t go in and say, “I’m a student taking a quiz.” -Anna Mills Resources Poll Everywhere AXL 2026 Keynote with Alex Vasquez Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents, Modern Language Association Peer & AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR), UC Davis Writing Program Contradictory Feedback Chatbot on PlayLab Anna Mills on Amazon vs. Perplexity and Distinguishing Agentic AI Bots from Humans (LinkedIn) Anna Mills on…

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