A ‘Hybrid Space’ For Peer Review: Can Facebook Inspire New Ways of Thinking? Neil Glen Anthony Head Bath School of Art & Design, UK Stephen Thompson Cardiff School of Art & Design, UK

Art & Design is evaluated through formative peer review

Blog is about personal expression “ who I am” * *Steve Wheeler: Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2009 @pelc09 Blog & Wiki

Blog is about personal expression “ who I am” * Wiki is about collaboration, common goal “ what I know” * *Steve Wheeler: Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2009 @pelc09 Blog & Wiki

Social networking

Facebook page

Facebook group

Facebook homepage

• representation of the environment Building a 'walled garden'

• representation of the environment • perception of security/privacy Building a 'walled garden'

• representation of the environment • perception of security/privacy • register of popularity Building a 'walled garden'

Build a 'walled garden'

We were able to • Establish when original items were added. • Examine content and ownership of items added to the space. • Establish the frequency of items. • Examine the ownership of comments relating to these items. • Establish period over which comments were made.

75 students registered to use the site. We found

75 students registered to use the site. 71 registered users were years 2 & 3 undergraduate students We found

75 students registered to use the site. 71 registered users were years 2 & 3 undergraduate students which represented 50% of that cohort. We found

items with content from more than one student had more visits We found

items by staff were the least commented on We found

example of blog usage We found

example of wiki usage We found

the piece most commented on was an example of peer review... We found

...with 9 comments from unique users We found

• strengthened by considered provision of a ‘walled garden’ Art & Design student engagement in formative peer review

• strengthened by considered provision of a ‘walled garden’ • online is enhanced by external links offline Art & Design student engagement in formative peer review

• strengthened by considered provision of a ‘walled garden’ • online is enhanced by external links offline • further developed by engaging them in ‘hybrid’ learning Art & Design student engagement in formative peer review

• strengthened by considered provision of a ‘walled garden’ • online is enhanced by external links offline • further developed by engaging them in ‘hybrid’ learning • augmented by encouraging commitment of thoughts in writing Art & Design student engagement in formative peer review

• strengthened by considered provision of a ‘walled garden’ • online is enhanced by external links offline • further developed by engaging them in ‘hybrid’ learning • augmented by encouraging commitment of thoughts in writing • maintain the values of the traditional student studio in education Art & Design student engagement in formative peer review

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