Empowering formative assessment using embedded Web Widgets in Wikis

Michele Notari, Sonja Schär, Martin Schellenberg, Samuel Kai Wah Chu

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Abstract

In this article we describe how we developed and how we use a tool for teachers enhancing inter-group collaboration of learners using wikis in project-based learning settings with over 100 participants, where dierent groups of students develop similar projects and each project has an own wiki page. To achieve our goal we extended typical wiki functionality by using web widgets, mini applications embedded anywhere in the wiki environment using the iframe tag. Two dierent evaluation widgets (rating widget and ̀working progress̀ widget) are placed on each of the project pages. The project groups use the ̀working progress̀ widget to declare the amount of work done. The teacher and the rest of the learning community use the ̀rating̀ widget to rate the ongoing project work. A so called ̀meta widget̀ showing a summary of the results of the ̀rating̀ and ̀working progress̀ widget can be displayed on the start page of the learning community or if a project is divided in dierent milestones, on the page describing the goals and timeline for the milestone. Evaluation widgets and meta widget, which easily can be embedded by the teacher potentially all over the wiki pages, enhances visibility of quality and termination degree of a project and enhance so the self, the tutor and the peer review opportunities in such large scale project based learning settings. The created evaluation widgets and meta widgets have been embedded in the wiki of a three months curriculum. The evaluation of utility and usability of the widgets is ongoing. The educational value of rating and reecting about the working progress of a given task is discussed. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.3.1 [Computer Uses in Education]: Collaborative learning; H.3.5 [Online Information Services]: Web-based Services; H.5.3 [Group and Organization Interfaces]: Computer-supported cooperative work, web-based interaction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, WikiSym + OpenSym 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20137 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, WikiSym + OpenSym 2013

Conference

Conference9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, WikiSym + OpenSym 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period5/08/137/08/13

Keywords

  • Collaboration
  • Formative evaluation
  • Inter-group collaboration
  • Large scale collaboration
  • Long term projects
  • Projectbased learning
  • Web widget

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