Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding
Abstract A STEM-based faculty in an Australian university leveraged online educational technology to help address student and academic concerns associated with team-based assessment. When engagement and contribution of all team members cannot be assured, team-based assessment can become an unfair an...
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| author | Tiffany K. Gunning Xavier A. Conlan Paul K. Collins Alecia Bellgrove Kaja Antlej Adam P. A. Cardilini Catherine L. Fraser |
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| description | Abstract A STEM-based faculty in an Australian university leveraged online educational technology to help address student and academic concerns associated with team-based assessment. When engagement and contribution of all team members cannot be assured, team-based assessment can become an unfair and inaccurate measure of student competency. This case study explores the design and capacity of an online self and intra-team peer-assessment of teamwork strategy to measure student engagement and enable peers to hold each other accountable during team-based assessments. Analysis of student interactions across 39 subjects that implemented the strategy in 2020, revealed that an average of 94.4% of students completed the self and intra-team peer-assessment task when designed as part of a summative team-based assessment. The analysis also revealed that an average of 10.3% of students were held accountable by their peers, receiving feedback indicating their teamwork skills and behaviours were below the required minimum standard. Furthermore, the strategy was successfully implemented in cohorts ranging from seven to over 700 students, demonstrating scalability. Thus, this online self and intra-team peer-assessment strategy provided teaching teams with evidence of student engagement in a team-based assessment while also enabling students to hold each other accountable for contributing to the team task. Lastly, as the online strategy pairs with any discipline-specific team-based assessment, it provided the faculty with a method that could be used consistently across its schools to support management and engagement in team-based assessments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0676f0cda8bd4bd0bca4340245ea78b22022-12-22T02:11:48ZengSpringerOpenInternational Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education2365-94402022-07-0119112210.1186/s41239-022-00340-yWho engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-ridingTiffany K. Gunning0Xavier A. Conlan1Paul K. Collins2Alecia Bellgrove3Kaja Antlej4Adam P. A. Cardilini5Catherine L. Fraser6Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin UniversitySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversitySchool of Engineering, Deakin UniversitySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin UniversitySchool of Engineering, Deakin UniversitySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityFaculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin UniversityAbstract A STEM-based faculty in an Australian university leveraged online educational technology to help address student and academic concerns associated with team-based assessment. When engagement and contribution of all team members cannot be assured, team-based assessment can become an unfair and inaccurate measure of student competency. This case study explores the design and capacity of an online self and intra-team peer-assessment of teamwork strategy to measure student engagement and enable peers to hold each other accountable during team-based assessments. Analysis of student interactions across 39 subjects that implemented the strategy in 2020, revealed that an average of 94.4% of students completed the self and intra-team peer-assessment task when designed as part of a summative team-based assessment. The analysis also revealed that an average of 10.3% of students were held accountable by their peers, receiving feedback indicating their teamwork skills and behaviours were below the required minimum standard. Furthermore, the strategy was successfully implemented in cohorts ranging from seven to over 700 students, demonstrating scalability. Thus, this online self and intra-team peer-assessment strategy provided teaching teams with evidence of student engagement in a team-based assessment while also enabling students to hold each other accountable for contributing to the team task. Lastly, as the online strategy pairs with any discipline-specific team-based assessment, it provided the faculty with a method that could be used consistently across its schools to support management and engagement in team-based assessments.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-022-00340-ySelf- and peer-assessmentTeam-based assessmentEmployabilityTeamworkSTEMEdTech |
| spellingShingle | Tiffany K. Gunning Xavier A. Conlan Paul K. Collins Alecia Bellgrove Kaja Antlej Adam P. A. Cardilini Catherine L. Fraser Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Self- and peer-assessment Team-based assessment Employability Teamwork STEM EdTech |
| title | Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding |
| title_full | Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding |
| title_fullStr | Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding |
| title_short | Who engaged in the team-based assessment? Leveraging EdTech for a self and intra-team peer-assessment solution to free-riding |
| title_sort | who engaged in the team based assessment leveraging edtech for a self and intra team peer assessment solution to free riding |
| topic | Self- and peer-assessment Team-based assessment Employability Teamwork STEM EdTech |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-022-00340-y |
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