An alternative to problem sets coursework: Using hand-written annotations, students become markers

To ask students to review & mark an answer to a problem set using hand-written annotations. This answer, presented as an answer of a hypothetical student, is prepared by the module leader, so that it includes carefully curated errors and areas of improvement for students to identify and correct.

Benefits: (i) at the time of writing, the majority of easily accessible GenAI tools were not able to provide hand-written annotations on a hand-written/drawn picture, (ii) provided students with better insight as to how to view their own exam answers and thus improve their understanding of marking criteria, and (iii) train students in a more critically rigorous approach to written information – a skill crucial in an environment of GenAI and information overload.