(1198) THE USE OF GOOGLE DOCS IN CO-ASSESSMENT: AN EXPERIENCE IN SEVEN DEGREES OF THE COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

摘要

In the present work, we present preliminary results of an innovation research project carried out duringthe last academic year in the Complutense University of Madrid. Three of the key concepts related tothe teaching and learning process in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) have beenincluded: Evaluation, student's active participation and the use of Information and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) in education. Despite the relevance of these three topics in the EHEA, universityteachers face several difficulties when they try to apply them. Some of these problems are related tothe lack of training about ICT's applications in the teaching practice, as well as the lack of evaluationof these innovative practices.Taking into account this starting point, our study aimed to combine these three topics in order toprovide some insights into the new skills demanded in university teaching and learning. Specifically,we designed and applied ten different strategies of peer-assessment, using this interesting tool as animportant element of our student's learning process. All the experiences shared the use of the Webbaseddocument management application Google Docs. Different implementations were applied invarious degrees: Social Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, Biology, Education, Medicine, andFrench Philology. Six faculty members designed different peer-evaluation experiences to be used bymore than 400 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students.Peer-assessment practices were applied to student's group oral presentations, debates, teamwork,and research projects. Peer evaluations were always carried out using Google Docs. In every case,assessment was presented at the beginning of the course as an intrinsic part of the activity, explainingthe evaluation criteria to be applied, the instruments and the relation of this assessment with the globalscore of the activity.