Student Assignments Performed Online – Assessment of Individual And Team Work

Abstract

Various types of eLearning activities have been applied at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad for the last eight years. Using different tools, mostly open source ones, and coordinating all the activities within Moodle learning management system (LMS), we started with a simple repository of learning resources. From there, we continued towards creation of eLessons, quizzes, glossaries and similar resources, and usage of discussion forums, chats, instant messaging and other communication means. Several years ago we also started with the application of Web 2.0 mechanisms in our regular teaching practice. These activities proved to be very successful and have been welcomed by our students, even those that required them to perform some (extra) work in order to pass parts of the exams. Activities consisted of tests solving, working on individual assignments, or even performing team work in wikis. Usage of wikis even helped us fight cheating in teamwork assignment solving by detecting students who did not do their part of the task hoping to take credit for their teammates work. Using wikis, we were able to evaluate individual contributions more precisely and more fairly thanks to the ability of the LMS to reveal all of the activities and history of changes.