PRAZE: Innovating teaching through online peer review

Abstract

The benefits of formative peer assessment of student work are well-recognised, but the onerous nature of administrating peer review remains a disincentive to implementation, especially in large classes. We have developed an online system - PRAZE - that allows the distribution and anonymous exchange of work between students in an educational setting to be automated. In this paper, we describe the functionality of the software and report on an initial trial in which we administered peer review using PRAZE in three subjects taught at the University of Melbourne. Although the subjects involved different disciplines (Zoology and Multimedia & Communications respectively), different year levels (2n..