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Ethics of Research into Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0: Reflections on Eight Case Studies
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Chang, Rosemary L.; Gray, Kathleen – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2013
The unique features and educational affordances of Web 2.0 technologies pose new challenges for conducting learning and teaching research in ways that adequately address ethical issues of informed consent, beneficence, respect, justice, research merit and integrity. This paper reviews these conceptual bases of human research ethics and gives…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Ethics, Committees, Educational Research
Worth It? Findings from a Study of How Academics Assess Students' Web 2.0 Activities
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Gray, Kathleen; Waycott, Jenny; Clerehan, Rosemary; Hamilton, Margaret; Richardson, Joan; Sheard, Judithe; Thompson, Celia – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
Educational commentators have offered many pedagogical rationales for using Web 2.0 to support learning in higher education, and academics are being encouraged to find ways for their students to use social web technologies. Questions arise as to the value of these activities compared to more conventional assignments, and whether implementing such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
Students as Web 2.0 Authors: Implications for Assessment Design and Conduct
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Gray, Kathleen; Thompson, Celia; Sheard, Judithe; Clerehan, Rosemary; Hamilton, Margaret – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Students now have at their disposal a range of Web 2.0 authoring forms such as audio and video podcasting, blogging, social bookmarking, social networking, virtual world activities and wiki writing. Many university educators are interested in enabling students to demonstrate their learning by creating content in these forms. However, the design…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Integrity, Educational Quality, Educational Assessment
Web 2.0 Authorship: Issues of Referencing and Citation for Academic Integrity
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Gray, Kathleen; Thompson, Celia; Clerehan, Rosemary; Sheard, Judithe; Hamilton, Margaret – Internet and Higher Education, 2008
Web 2.0 authoring forms such as wikis and blogs, social bookmarking, and audio and video podcasting pose a challenge to academic authorship traditions. This paper reviews the provisions made in major academic referencing and citation style guides for acknowledging content and ideas that may be published using these new web authoring forms. It…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Integrity, Internet
Emphasising Assessment "as" Learning by Assessing Wiki Writing Assignments Collaboratively and Publicly Online
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Davies, Anne; Pantzopoulos, Kerry; Gray, Kathleen – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The use of Web 2.0 communication practices in assessment may offer a new approach to assessment "as" learning, a goal for assessment that is more highly valued than assessment "of" and even "for" learning in the literature. This paper describes a case study of a wiki-writing assignment that aimed to achieve this goal. The stakes were high, in that…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Writing Exercises, Program Effectiveness, Postsecondary Education
Use of Social Web Technologies by International and Domestic Undergraduate Students: Implications for Internationalising Learning and Teaching in Australian Universities
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Gray, Kathleen; Chang, Shanton; Kennedy, Gregor – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2010
Much research into the use of online information and communication technologies for the internationalisation of learning and teaching has focused on established web technologies. This paper considers the possible internationalisation implications of existing uses of social software, also known as Web 2.0 technologies, which are now widely…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Computer Software