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rc11 1/15/2010 6:12:30

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)


 * Peer Evaluation Using Web 2.0 Tools**

Tom Smyth, Univ. of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina, USA, smyth@usca.edu

The value of peer evaluation is well established (i.e. MacAlpine, J.M.K. (1999); O’Donnell, A.M., & Topping, K.J. (1998); Topping, K. (2003). This is particularly true for project-based learning activities in which students focus as much on the instructional design process as they do on the product. This presentation will address the use of Web 2.0 tools for peer evaluation (both formative and summative) in online courses and will evaluate their effectiveness both as a means for improving student work and for guiding students through the instructional design process. The use of Web 2.0 tools such as Google Forms and Google Wave as well as a variety of audio and video tools will be examined and illustrated. The advantages and disadvantages of each tool will be examined, and ideas from the audience will be solicited regarding their uses in a variety of settings.

MacAlpine, J.M.K. (1999). Improving and encouraging peer assessment of student presentations. //Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education,// 24(1), 15–25.

O’Donnell, A.M., & Topping, K.J. (1998). Peer assessing peers: Possibilities and problems. In K.J. Topping, & S.W. Ehly (Eds.), //Peer assisted learning// (pp. 255–278). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Topping, K. (2003). Self and peer assessment in school and university: Reliability, validity and utility. In M. Segers, F. Dochy & E. Casacallar (Eds.), //Optimising new modes of assessment: In search of qualities and standards// (pp. 55–87). London: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Novice, Intermediate, online, web2.0, collaboration, design