Worth it? Findings from a study of how academics assess students' Web 2.0 activities

Research in Learning Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gray, Kathleen ^a   Waycott, Jenny ^a   Clerehan, Rosemary ^b   Hamilton, Margaret ^c   Richardson, Joan ^c   Sheard, Judithe ^b   Thompson, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assignments; Higher education; Social web; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864046320     PISSN: 21567069     EISSN: 21567077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0/16153     Document Type: Article

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