ORCHESTRATING ONLINE GROUP WORK WHILE ASSESSING INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATIONS

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Figueira, A (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of INTED2015 Conference

Pages: 2996-3005

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-CAZ

Abstract (EN): Group work is an essential activity during both graduate and undergraduate formation. During group work Students develop a set of skills, and employ criticism which helps them to better handle future interpersonal situations. Although there is a vast theoretical literature and numerous case studies about group work, we haven't yet seen much development concerning the assessment of individual group participants. The problem relies on the difficulty 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 novel 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 predict the final activity grading, based on the interaction patterns and automatic comparison with former interaction patterns. We describe the conceptual design of our tool and present its two operating modes of the module. We then describe the methodology for the assessment in the two operating modes and how the tool collects data from interactions to predict final grading.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10