The Added Value of Scaffolding the Self and Peer Assessment Process in a Wiki-Based CSCL-Environment in Higher Education.

The present project focuses on how students’ learning can be enhanced in CSCL. A growing body of research emphasizes on the added value of assessment for learning in students’ learning process. Therefore, the central intervention under study incorporates structure or so-called scaffolds in the assessment process in CSCL. The aim is to study the added value of scaffolding the self and peer assessment process in a wiki-based CSCL-environment in first-year Higher Education by focusing on (1) students’ perception towards assessment, (2) feedback quality, and (3) product improvement during the assessment process.