ERIC Number: EJ1051115
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-2165-3151
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Effectiveness of Peer Assessment in a Professionalism Course Using an Online Workshop
Strang, Kenneth David
Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, v14 p1-16 2015
An online Moodle Workshop was evaluated for peer assessment effectiveness. A quasiexperiment was designed using a Seminar in Professionalism course taught in face-to-face mode to undergraduate students across two campuses. The first goal was to determine if Moodle Workshop awarded a fair peer grader grade. The second objective was to estimate if students were consistent and reliable in performing their peer assessments. Statistical techniques were used to answer the research hypotheses. Although Workshop Moodle did not have a built-in measure for peer assessment validity, t-tests and reliability estimates were calculated to demonstrate that the grades were consistent with what faculty expected. Implications were asserted to improve teaching and recommendations were provided to enhance Moodle.
Descriptors: Workshops, Online Courses, Program Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Peer Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Undergraduate Students, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Benchmarking, Scores, Interrater Reliability, Hypothesis Testing, Correlation, Grading, Student Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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