Peer Review and the Coursework Postgraduate Student

By:
Dr. Arianne Jennifer Rourke,
Ass. Prof. Joanna Mendelssohn,
Ms. Kathryn Sara Coleman
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This paper explores various online teaching methods for improving the research and writing skills of coursework postgraduate students. Specifically it critically analyses how useful structured online peer review can be for critiquing and improving student writing. The two case studies presented are from the UNSW Master of Art Administration. These studies highlight the experience of conducting online peer review from the perspective of both the instructor and the student. The first uses the instructional method of worked examples and calibrated peer review to teach students how to write a research paper. The second examines how students learn writing, editing and collaborative learning in the creation of an online discipline based publication.


Keywords: Online Peer Review, Postgraduate Coursework Writing, Use of Worked Examples in Writing, Collaborative Learning
Stream: Pedagogies and Teaching Practices
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
Paper: Peer Review and the Coursework Postgraduate Student

Dr. Arianne Jennifer Rourke

Lecturer, The School of Art History and Art Education, COFA UNSW
Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA

My research interests are in online teaching, visual literacy and the application of Cognitive load theory to improving instructional design in higher education specifically in the area of improving the teaching of undergraduate design history and postgraduate arts administration towards the long term retention of learning.

Ass. Prof. Joanna Mendelssohn

Associate Professor, School of Art History and Art Education
College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA

Ms. Kathryn Sara Coleman

Student, The School of Art History and Art Education, COFA UNSW
Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA

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