Methods and Tools of Assessment in a Digital Environment

6. Peer and Self-Assessment

The digital environment enables high-quality implementation of peer assessment, in which students provide structured feedback to one another. In Moodle, this can be carried out using the Workshop activity, where both the submitted work and the quality of the peer assessments are evaluated.

Self-assessment is used to develop reflection, responsibility, and the ability to recognise one’s own strengths and weaknesses. Effective methods include the Choice activity, the Feedback activity, individual Wikis, personal blogs connected to Moodle, and the Workshop activity. Self-assessment also develops metacognition and supports self-regulated learning.

Peer assessment and self-assessment are common forms of formative assessment that provide meaningful feedback to students (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006). More materials on this topic will be provided later in the e-course (under the unit Rubrics for Assessment in Digital Learning Environments).