The effect of online peer assessment in engineering education: a quasi-experimental study

• Autores: Hei-Chia Wang, Yi-Jung Hsieh, Wei-Fan Chen
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 32, no. 1 (Parte A), 2016, págs. 199-208
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study evaluates whether online peer assessment increases student participation and thus improves their learningachievement in a database system design and analysis course. To understand the effectiveness of online peer assessmentwithin a Web 2.0 environment, we implemented an e-learning 2.0 platform to achieve the research purpose. Data werecollected from student participants in a database system design and analysis course, including Really Simple Syndication(RSS), blogs, Wiki, and other online forums. We used a quasi-experimental design method to divide participants into anexperimental group (N = 52) and a control group (N = 60). The control group was taught using a traditional face-to-faceteaching method, while the experimental group followed the same course outline but was additionally assisted by the e-learning 2.0 platform, which incorporated peer assessment mechanism. The results indicated that students in theexperimental group had significantly better academic results than those in the control group.