What value assessment rubrics in shaping students' engagement in asynchronous online discussions?

ASCILITE 2010 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 454-458

  Jackson, Kel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment rubrics; Asynchronous discussions; Discussions design

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; ASSESSMENT RUBRICS; ASSESSMENT TOOL; ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COURSE DESIGN; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; VALUE ASSESSMENT;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

STUDENTS;

EID: 84860781569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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