Presented at the CETIS/CIEPD event Future Learners, new Opportunities and Technology at the University of Nottingham on 11th December 2012

1. Scaling up peer assessment:
Trust-enhanced Personal Learning
Networks for a Post-Portfolio future
Dominik Lukes @techczech

2. Can we run massive open
online courses that are
entirely and credibly peer
assessed?

3. Why?

4. MOOC-like course:
ITR12 Inclusive
Technologies for
Learning

5. Aims to make disseminate
information and skills available
Uses open web for course work
Requires building of PLN
Wants to provide qualification

6. But

7. Run by small organization
No budget for administration
Few resources for
assessment/review of portfolios

8. So…

9. Coursera SciFi /
Fantasy
course model

10. Submit essay of 300 words
Assess 4 essays
Receive 4 assessments of essays

11. The vision:
Peer assessed course

12. Submit work
Review work of other people
Have several people review work
Participants receive badges
Reviewers get reputation points
Provide dispute resolution system

13. The missing link:
Simple tools

14. Wordpress Plugins and
bookmarklets
Mark up tool for defining
competencies and activities (InLOC)
Review tool leading to award of
badges
Central repository of results and
reputation

15. Questions to answer

16. What is the role of the expert
evaluator in open education?
Where is the space for learner set
objectives?
What can never be peer
assessed?