What is workflow?

Workflow, in the context of teaching and learning, refers to the process through which a piece of work passes from creation to completion.

Workflow can be broken up into three distinct stages (or phases):

The ‘perfect’ workflow should provide a seamless pathway between student and teacher that enables feedback and progress to be meaningful, effective and timely.

Information, content and assignments should be easily accessed anywhere, anytime. Feedback should be easy and efficient to give, and should lead to ongoing, meaningful engagement with the next steps in learning. There shouldn’t be any delay and the workflow should sit alongside the information a student requires to learn effectively.

Workflow tools

Popular workflow tools include:

• Google classroom
• Office 365
• Showbie
• See Saw
• Firefly