3.4.+Perspectives+on+reviewing+and+improving+Web+2.0+assessment

=Student and staff perspectives on reviewing and improving student assignments that use the social web:=


 * Conducting student evaluations**

It is important with any assessment tasks, but particularly with novel assignments that make use of new technologies, for lecturers to review and evaluate how well the assignment worked, and to make changes to future iterations of the assignment, as necessary. One of the standard ways of reviewing an assignment is to gather student evaluation data at the end of the semester. From our focus group discussions, one student and lecturer offered the following contrasting perspectives on this process:




 * Reviewing the assignment in light of trends in the social web, advances in academic assessment, and new directions in the field of study**

Changes in society and workplace expectations mean that frequent reviews of university assessment tasks are important, especially when those tasks require students to create and publish work using current social web technologies. Lecturers provided the following perspectives on reviewing assessment tasks in light of current trends:




 * Reflecting on teaching and assessment practices**

Many of the lecturers we spoke to remarked that taking part in this project, and designing and implementing new social web assessment tasks, encouraged them to reflect on their own teaching practices and to review and moderate how they conducted assessment:





Page source: Gray, K., Waycott, J., Thompson, C., Clerehan, R., Sheard, J., Hamilton, M., & Richardson, J. (2011) //Using Social Web (Web 2.0) Activities for Student Assessment: Resources for University Learning and Teaching.// Retrieved from https://web2assessmentresources.wikispaces.com