ASSESSMENT AND COLLABORATION IN ONLINE LEARNING

Assessment can be seen as the engine that drives student course activity, online or off. It is particularly important in encouraging and shaping collaborative activity online. This paper discusses three sorts of online collaborative activity—collaborative discussion, small group collaboration, and...

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Main Authors: Karen Swan, Jia Shen, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Online Learning Consortium 2019-03-01
Series:Online Learning
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Online Access:https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/1770
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Summary:Assessment can be seen as the engine that drives student course activity, online or off. It is particularly important in encouraging and shaping collaborative activity online. This paper discusses three sorts of online collaborative activity—collaborative discussion, small group collaboration, and collaborative exams. In each of these areas, it provides both theoretical grounding and practical advice for assessing, and so encouraging, collaboration in online courses.
ISSN:2472-5749
2472-5730