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The State of Peer Assessment: Dimensions and Future Challenges

Authors:
Usman Wahid
Mohamed Amine Chatti
Ulrik Schroeder

Keywords: Open Assessment; Peer Assessment; Open Learning Environments; MOOC; Blended Learning; Peer Reviews; Peer Feedback; Online Assessment

Abstract:
Modern day education and learning has moved on from brick and mortar institutions to open learning environments. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) are a perfect example of these learning environments. MOOCs provide a cost and time effective choice for learners across the globe. This has led to new challenges for teachers such as providing valuable and quality assessment and feedback on such a large scale. Recent studies have found peer assessment where learners assess the work of their peers to be a viable and cost effective alternative to teacher/staff evaluation. This study systematically analyzes the current research on peer assessment published in the context of MOOCs and the online tools that are being used in MOOCs for peer assessment. 48 peer reviewed papers and 17 peer assessment tools were selected for the comparison in this study and were assessed on three main dimensions, namely, system design, efficiency and effectiveness. Apart from these dimensions, the study highlights the main challenges of peer assessment. In the light of the comparison and discussion of current research in terms of the identified dimensions, we present future visions and research perspectives to improve the peer assessment process in MOOCs.

Pages: 242 to 252

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2016. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2016

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-261x