Thread:Peer evaluation (2)

I agree with Jim, the peer evaluation sounds interesting and is a necessary component for scaling OERu courses in the future.

One of the unique aspects of an open online course, is that learners can choose how they participate. From low level "sip and dip" "read only" to active engagement participating in all the activities. To do date, the evaluation (validation) of the blog posts are used for certification of participation rather than course grades. (That's not to say that peer evaluation for some elements of grading will be excluded in the future.)

You will need to have a think about an implementation model for assigning learners to review designated blog posts (given that not all learners will be posting blogs and the problem of a few posts getting most of the reviews). One implementation is to only assign the peer review task to those learners who have already posted blogs themselves, for example allocating the two most recent posts to a learner for review and somehow notifying the learner of the reviews they should complete on their course dashboard. We will need to think about what happens when someone is assigned a blog to review, and doesn't complete the task. We could for example design a reward system where a blog reviewer gains points which are recognised as a course participation metric for competing their assigned reviews. We will need a mechanism to know which posts have been reviewed and consider the option for minimum number of reviews per post.