The LearnWeb formative assessment extension: Supporting awareness and reflection in blended courses
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Blended solutions provide a means to orchestrate various types of activities and to schedule interactions at different times, nonetheless it is difficult to maintain a general overview of the class. In this paper, we build on the LearnWeb Design Framework to design and implement a Formative Assessment extension that supports the monitoring of the learning process in order to increase awareness and support reflection in a specific learning scenario. The extension offers a common basis for the various stakeholders (researchers, teachers and students) to collaboratively reflect on and design effective learning activities.
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