@Article{itl-4-59,
author = {Yan , Edith M. Y.},
title = {Using Online Peer Assessment Activities to Enhance Team Collaboration in Two Undergraduate Courses},
journal = {Innovative Teaching and Learning },
year = {2022},
volume = {4},
number = {1},
pages = {59--73},
abstract = {<p style="text-align: justify;">Group work as a form of cooperative learning has been shown to promote learning in many
aspects. However, challenges may arise for group work when members have different
expectations and little to no familiarity with each other. This action research was to investigate how well the online peer assessment activities (in the form of Moodle workshops)
implemented in two different undergraduate courses would promote individual contribution in a subsequent group project and enhance individual achievements. Online peer assessment activities were introduced in Cohort 2020-21 with the purpose to enhance team
collaboration in academically heterogenous groups. The assessment scores of Cohort 2020-21 $(N = 70)$ were compared with those of the previous cohort $(N = 69),$ which had no peer
assessment activities, using independent samples t-tests. Additionally, students’ opinions
about the online peer assessments were identified from the qualitative comments of the
teaching-and-learning evaluations of one course and the focus group discussion of another
course. Findings showed that students who had participated in online peer assessment activities were perceived by their peers to have better collaboration in the group work than
those who had not. However, no evidence suggested that better team collaboration would
associate with higher achievements in the group project, nor would the implementation of
online scaffolded peer-assessed activities directly connect to higher academic performance
in the individual final assessment. How peer assessment activities could be adjusted using
the functions of Moodle workshops to cater for the needs of students are discussed.</p>},
issn = {2709-2291},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/itl.20220104},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/itl/20873.html}
}