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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

Source: http://lab-initio.com/Source: http://www.flickr.com

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.

--- APA

- 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

mpaulasilva@gmail.com

Maria João Spilker

mjspilker@gmail.com

Marina Moleirinho

mmoleirinho@gmail.com

Lina Morgado

lmorgado@univ-ab.pt