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Photo sharing sites also becomes a popular tool to upload and evaluate students’ assignment. This is because it recognized as convenient way to upload and at the same time easier to view others’ works and comments (Using photo sharing for assessment, n.d.). Especially photography or publishing subjects, students need to apply different techniques to capture photos, design a poster and editing.
Through this social media tool, they can share their works and judge each other projects. As stated by Boettcher and Conrad (2010), this way of assessment with upload students’ assignment to social networking site can be a discussion forum as it enable each student upload their works that required by lecturer and then each of them can view and comment others’ works. It can be a critical learning process for students. Others’ comments or opinions may motivate and challenge each other to create a more quality work.
In the Communication Design subject assignment, for example, students are required to use Flikr which is a photo sharing site to upload their assignment. In this five individual assignment, they have to take a number of photos and select the best photos for each project and share to their Flikr account. These five projects cover five types of photographic techniques such as lighting, colour, movement and so on. They also need to give comments for other three students’ works. Their comments also will be evaluated and given mark. It aims to encourage students involve in critical thinking and improve their analysis skills.
Indirectly, it becomes communication tool between lecturer and students. Besides evaluate for the students’ works, lecturer also give guideline on how they should improve their works or create a more quality work.
No only images; video also can be uploaded to the photo sharing websites like Facebook and Twiiter. The video can be the students’ assignment or performance of students that recorded by lecturer and share to photo sharing site. Every user can view and criticize the videos as they join the group. In addition, they can vote by clicking “Like” if they recognize that student’s work is good. As an example, the following video is about one of the group performance that recorded by Healthy Lifestyle lecturer.
Students those who are taking Healthy Lifestyle subject have to create a health dance which is a high mark assignment. Then, lecturer will upload the students’ performances that have been recorded to Facebook for voting. Those who receives more number of “Like”, they can get more mark. However, it is unfair evaluation way as they can ask more people to vote their works but their works do not logically evaluated. Thus, it is unjust for those who has low vote but their works are better than others.
References
Boettcher, J. V., & Conrad, R. M. (2010). The online teaching survival guide: Simple and practical pedagogical tips. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Using photo sharing for assessment in a Communication Design subject: A case study. Retrieved (10 Jun, 2012) from: http://web2assessmentresources.wikispaces.com/2.8.+Using+photo+sharing+for+assessment+in+a+Communication+Design+subject
2 Comments
June 14, 2012 at 9:25 PM

I personally feel that it is often not fair when it comes to assessment online, especially when it involves the voting of the public. More often, the quality of the work has been neglected, rather the popularity is what that determines the result of the hard work and efforts.
it's totally unfair to assess work online, because the user can always get more and more votes from their friend's support. Regardless of the content is well-performed or not, they are deemed as ought to be voted from them since they are friends and this is how the assessment get points from it.if you got less friends on your friend list, probability of getting good grades is rather low because you're not popular enough to get more 'likes'.
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