Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes

The Peer Review (PR) is a very popular technique to support socio-constructivist and connectivist learning processes, online or face-to-face, at all educational levels, in both formal and informal contexts. The idea behind this technique is that sharing views and opinions with others by discussing...

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Autores principales: Francesca Pozzi, Andrea Ceregini, Lucia Ferlino, Donatella Persico
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:494148c213464c44bbd9a3ab391a5c6a2021-12-02T16:59:54ZDyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes10.19173/irrodl.v17i2.21071492-3831https://doaj.org/article/494148c213464c44bbd9a3ab391a5c6a2016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2107https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 The Peer Review (PR) is a very popular technique to support socio-constructivist and connectivist learning processes, online or face-to-face, at all educational levels, in both formal and informal contexts. The idea behind this technique is that sharing views and opinions with others by discussing with peers and receiving and providing formative feedback enriches the quality of learning. In this study, a class of trainee teachers conducts an online PR. The resulting interactions are analyzed and evaluated by the researchers through the application of an evaluation model based on both quantitative and qualitative data. In particular, two conditions are studied, namely the PR in groups versus the PR in dyads. Results show that students who carried out the PR in groups were less active from the cognitive point of view, while they devoted more effort to deal with organizational matters and discourse facilitation. Francesca PozziAndrea CereginiLucia FerlinoDonatella PersicoAthabasca University Pressarticlepeer reviewcomputer supported collaborative learning (cscl)collaborative techniqueevaluationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 17, Iss 2 (2016)
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topic peer review
computer supported collaborative learning (cscl)
collaborative technique
evaluation
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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computer supported collaborative learning (cscl)
collaborative technique
evaluation
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Francesca Pozzi
Andrea Ceregini
Lucia Ferlino
Donatella Persico
Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes
description The Peer Review (PR) is a very popular technique to support socio-constructivist and connectivist learning processes, online or face-to-face, at all educational levels, in both formal and informal contexts. The idea behind this technique is that sharing views and opinions with others by discussing with peers and receiving and providing formative feedback enriches the quality of learning. In this study, a class of trainee teachers conducts an online PR. The resulting interactions are analyzed and evaluated by the researchers through the application of an evaluation model based on both quantitative and qualitative data. In particular, two conditions are studied, namely the PR in groups versus the PR in dyads. Results show that students who carried out the PR in groups were less active from the cognitive point of view, while they devoted more effort to deal with organizational matters and discourse facilitation.
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author Francesca Pozzi
Andrea Ceregini
Lucia Ferlino
Donatella Persico
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title Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes
title_short Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes
title_full Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes
title_fullStr Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes
title_full_unstemmed Dyads Versus Groups: Using Different Social Structures in Peer Review to Enhance Online Collaborative Learning Processes
title_sort dyads versus groups: using different social structures in peer review to enhance online collaborative learning processes
publisher Athabasca University Press
publishDate 2016
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