ASSESSMENT AND COLLABORATION IN ONLINE LEARNING
Online LearningPublished 19 March 2019Open access
Karen Swan, Jia Shen, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
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This paper discusses three sorts of online collaborative activity—collaborative discussion, small group collaboration, and collaborative exams—and provides both theoretical grounding and practical advice for assessing, and so encouraging, collaboration in online courses.
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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.
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