Managing and Assessing Group Work from a Distance

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Figueira, A (Author) FCUP; Pereira, R (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Pages: 27-34

44th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2014

22 October 2014 through 25 October 2014

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Authenticus ID: P-00G-EFX

DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2014.7043991

Abstract (EN): Group work is an essential activity during both graduate and undergraduate formation. Students develop a set of skills, and employ criticism which helps them to better handle future interpersonal situations. There is a vast theoretical literature and numerous case studies about group work, but we haven't yet seen much development concerning the assessment of individual group participants. It is not always easy to have the perception of each student contribution to the whole work. Nevertheless, more than frequently, the assessment of the group is transposed to each group participant, which in turn results in each student having the same final mark. We propose and describe a tool to manage and assess individual group work taking into account the amount of work, interaction, quality, and the temporal evolution of each group participant. The module features the possibility to create two types of activities: collaborative or cooperative group work. We describe the conceptual design of our tool and present the two operating modes of the module, which is based on events, alerts and conditions. We then describe the methodology for the assessment in the two operating modes and how these two major approaches can be deployed through our module into pedagogical situations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8