Google Docs

Google Docs

Collaborative working & Peer Assessment and Formative Assessment

Image of two eBooks on Google Docs

John Dalziel, eLearning Adviser (ACL/PCDL), has produced two new eBooks for the RSC-Northwest's eBook Library; they are...

Google 'Word' Documents- paying particular attention to the potential for Collaborative learning and Peer Assessment. http://googledocs1.notlong.com.
Google Spreadsheets - paying particular attention to their use for formative assessment and tracking learners without a VLE. http://googledocs2.notlong.com.

Note: other books in the eBook Library can be browser at http://eBookLibrary.notlong.com.

Google Docs could be...

...linked from both Tiddlywiki and eXe Portfolios
...used as an online eRARPA or ePDP Portfolio; it has huge potential for collaborative work, peer assessment and ongoing assessment by tutors/trainers/assessors/verifiers/etc.

Remember it isn't the software it is how it is used.

Produced and edited by John Dalziel (eLearning Adviser) JISC RSC-Northwest - Lancaster University