Journal article
Implications for academic integrity of using web 2.0 for teaching, learning and assessment in higher education
Jenny Waycott, Kathleen Gray, Rosemary Clerehan, Margaret Hamilton, Joan Richardson, Judithe Sheard, Celia Thompson
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EDUCATIONAL INTEGRITY | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2010
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Abstract
Student web 2.0 authoring in higher education involves a number of challenges and opportunities for assessment and academic integrity. In this article we describe an Australian project that is investigating how lecturers are using web 2.0 activities in university assessment tasks. In the first stage of the project we documented current web 2.0 assessment practices by conducting a survey and interviews with lecturers who teach in different discipline areas across Australia. Initial findings from this stage of the project are presented here, with a focus on using examples from the interviews to illustrate the opportunities and challenges that web 2.0 affordances introduce for learning, teachin..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the academics who responded anonymously to our survey and the many lecturers who have participated in our field-testing. Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.