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Emphasising assessment 'as' learning by assessing wiki writing assignments collaboratively and publicly online
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Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Volume 27, Number 5, ISSN 0814-673X Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

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The use of Web 2.0 communication practices in assessment may offer a new approach to assessment 'as' learning, a goal for assessment that is more highly valued than assessment 'of' and even 'for' learning in the literature. This paper describes a case study of a wiki-writing assignment that aimed to achieve this goal. The stakes were high, in that the assignment was worth 100% of the mark and the assignment was set for a group of tertiary teachers who were enrolled in a unit of study about student assessment as part of a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education. This paper analyses how the wiki-writing assignment shaped assessment 'as' learning in four ways, through: finding a language for talking about assessment; collaboration (interaction); dialogue (expression); and inquiry learning (cognition).

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Davies, A., Pantzopoulos, K., Gray, K. & Gray, K. (2011). Emphasising assessment 'as' learning by assessing wiki writing assignments collaboratively and publicly online. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 27(5),. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Retrieved August 16, 2024 from .

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