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This article describes an activity that was developed in the curriculum unit of Models of Distance Education, as part of the Master program of eLearning Pedagogy, at Universidade Aberta, Portugal. (...)TRANSCRIPT
An Authoring and Peer Reviewing Activity in theMaster’s Program of Elearning Pedagogy:
The Teacher and Students’ Perspectives
Maria Paula Silva Maria João SpilkerMarina Moleirinho
Lina Morgado
Web: mpel.wordpress.com Facebook: MPeL.UAbTwitter: MPeL_UAb
Universidade AbertaLisbon, Portugal
June/2011
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Methodology
4. Development of the Activity
5. Conclusions
6. Aspects for further investigation
1. Introduction
Online Learning / Distance Education
2. Background
Master’s Program in Elearning Pedagogy
Totally online program
2 semesters
25 students (adults)
8 courses
Moodle &
Social Media
Master’s Program in Elearning Pedagogy
The Course Models of Distance Education
The Learning Design of an activity
emulating the production of a
peer-reviewed journal
The Planning of the Activity
PHASE TASK
1Exploring resources
Choosing a theme and a team
2Definition and Presentation of criteria to assess articles Writing a half-page abstract
3 Writing and submission of articles
4 Assessment of articles
5 Reflection and evaluation of the process
3. Methodology
Written discourse analysis
Messages in the General Support Forum
Forums of the Peer-Reviewer teams
Messages of the topic
“Assessment of the activity”
Analysis of the final students’ products
Web pages (Wiki and Google-Docs)
4. Development of the Activity
Formation of the Peer-Reviewers’ Teams
Formation of the Peer-Reviewers’ Teams
Master Students as Paper Authors
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Master Students as Article Peer-Reviewers
•Establishing criteria
•Collecting abstracts
•Reviewing articles
Master Students as Article Peer-Reviewers
Peer Review
Teams
Structure and
organization
Rules for general
format
Rules for citation
and referencesContent
Mobile Learning
- Author’s name
- Affiliation;
- Title;
- Abstract;
- Key-words;
- Introduction;
- Development;
- Conclusion.
- Four-page limit;
- Word format for
scientific articles;
- Reduced use of notes to
appear at the end of the
text;
- Indexation and subtitling
of diagrams, images and
tables.
Portuguese Norm
(NP 405-1, 1994)
- Pertinent, reflexive, updated
and objective approach;
- Comprehensible and clear
and language;
- Observance of ethical
factors.
Connectivism
- Title and sub-title;
- Key-words;
- Abstract;
- Introduction;
- Development;
- Conclusion.
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- Quality, correctness and
content relevance;
- Mastery of concepts;
- Clarity of thinking and
writing;
- Reflection and critical
analysis skills.
PLEs
- Introduction,
- Development,
- Conclusion.
- Title of the Article;
- Author;
- Abstract;
- Key-words;
- References and citation;
- Tables and diagrams;
- Acronyms and
abbreviations.
APA – 6th Edition
- Clarity of thinking and
adequate analysis
delimitation;
- Mastery of concepts and /
or ideas and relevance in
the present context;
- Justified ideas;
- Ability to reflect personal
perspective.
5. Conclusions
Knowledge gains
Promotion of team work
Multi-tasking
Academic writing skills
Acquaintance with specialized bibliography
A complex and challenging learning design
6. Aspects for Further Investigation
Factors behind the choice for teams’
formation
Connection between peer reviewers work
and authoring work
Constraints of peer reviewing
Transparency of the group work
Contacts
Web: mpel.wordpress.com Facebook: MPeL.UAb
Twitter: MPeL_UAb
Maria Paula Silva
Maria João Spilker
Marina Moleirinho
Lina Morgado